ITN Vol 9; Issue 29, 2010

We Are One…

Sqn Ldr (Dr). Ravi Wankhede made an altruistic kidney donation to his friend. The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil invited and felicitated them at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in 2010. Dr Wankhede is now Hon. Director MOHAN Foundation, Nagpur and Secretary ZTCC Nagpur.

“…I am a medical doctor from Nagpur. On 26^th June 2009, I donated my kidney to a dear friend of mine Mr. Salim Chimthanawala at Nagpur. The event attracted a lot of print and electronic media coverage as a symbol of Hindu-Muslim unity. Frankly it never struck me that I was doing it for any other motive than to help a friend…”