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Posted by: STONERS 1 year, 3 months ago

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Police arrested the owner of a private hospital in eastern Pakistan and three doctors after they were implicated in the illegal trade and transplant of kidneys, police said Saturday.

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STONERS1 year, 3 months ago

The arrests came hours after police detained two men accused of enticing poor people to sell their kidneys for money.
Acting on a tip, police on Friday raided a house in Lahore where 10 poor people were being held against their will. Four of the 10 had sold their kidneys for money, despite a government ban on selling human organs.
"These poor men had been assured by the arrested men that nothing will happen to their health, if they sold one of their kidneys," Hussain said. Hussain said each "donor" had been paid about $1,000.

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  STONERS1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Local media reports suggest scores of people in Pakistan sell their kidneys each year, usually to pay off debts. Arrests in such cases are rare.
  
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camilleyun1 year, 3 months ago

Amazing and sad.
This happens often in India as well.
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77wealthcom1 year, 3 months ago

Hi
The organ trading black market is a big business.
its sad but true, there is a lot of events happening
behind the scenes that most people aren't aware of.
77wealth.com
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OldRusty1 year, 3 months ago

This bunch of animals operates all over the world, children are usually the target.Lots of other organs are sold leaving just bodies.And not much investigation is done to catch the a-holes.
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  TOtheMOON1 year, 3 months ago
  
  I've heard about a lot of kidnappings that end up with people being left to die after their kidney has been removed in completely inhumane, unsanitary conditions. But I've never heard of a big rush to stop it.
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amazed1 year, 3 months ago

Why is it illegal to sell a kidney, anyway? Why should the only one who makes NO money off the transplantation of organs be the person whose orgain it is?
With the amount of money that a legal transplant costs, it would seem SOMETHING should trickle to the donor.
If it did, perhaps it would help ameliorate the organ availability crisis and eliminate the black market.
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