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Woman gets new lease of life after husband donates kidney in transplant 'swop'

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Including Ms Serene Mai and her husband, there have been only five paired kidney exchange transplants here since 2015.

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SINGAPORE - Ms Serene Mai, a 37-year-old who suffered from kidney failure, received a new lease of life through an arrangement called a kidney swop.
Her husband, 39-year-old administrator Kevin Wee, wanted to donate his kidney to her, but their blood groups are incompatible for a transplant - his is B+ and hers is A.
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