Sept 6, 2023: Father Ebi Poruthoor is the latest Catholic priest in the southern Indian state of Kerala to donate one of his kidneys.
The 31-year-old priest of the diocese of Palghat on September 4 donated the kidney to Sister Bini Maria, his sister.The 27-year-old member of the Holy Family congregation required dialysis thrice a week for several years, reports Shekinah News.
The surgeries on the siblings were conducted at the Rajagiri Hospital, managed by the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate in Aluva, a major town in Ernakulam district, some 30 km northeast of Kochi.
Father Ebi, who was ordained a priest on December 27, 2017, and Sister Bini are the children of Anto and Ruby Poruthoor, parishioners of St Antony’s Forane Church in Melarkode.
Father Ebi is currently the vicar of St Antony’s Church Kozhinjampara in Palakkad district.