If you donate one kidney to a needy patient, would it cause any harm to you ? Give reason.

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The humans have a pair of kidneys to perform the excretion. If one kidney is donated (given that the other kidney is working properly) to a needy patient, the other kidney alone is sufficient for removing wastes or excretion. Thus, the donor can live a normal life.

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