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Both the kidneys of Ravi (28 years) were not functioning and he was undergoing dialysis. He was admitted to a hospital with renal failure. His mother Suganthi (47 years) was willing to donate one of her kidneys to her son after she was given counseling. Their blood groups were matching and later approval was obtained from transplant committee and technical committee. Operation was performed for 5 hrs. He was administered with immunosuppressive drugs and anti inflammatory drugs. He recovered from the , operation and returned home.
Name the disease Ravi was suffering from.

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Renal failure.
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