Kidney Transplant Racket

Nine people were arrested in connection with an alleged illegal kidney transplantation racket at a private hospital, the police said on Saturday. The case was registered on January 21 following a complaint from a health department official. According to a police release, teams from the Rachakonda Commissionerate, in coordination with the District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO) of Ranga Reddy district, busted the racket on January 21 based on credible information. The operation targeted the hospital's management, which was allegedly involved in conducting illegal kidney transplants at Saroor Nagar. During the inspection, four individuals were found at the hospital, including two kidney donors from Tamil Nadu and two recipients, it said. The recipients had already undergone kidney transplant surgeries and were receiving post-operative care. All four were later shifted to the state-run Gandhi Hospital for further medical treatment. Following the inspection, health department offi

UK's Telegraph newspaper reported on Saturday that Apollo was embroiled in a "cash for kidneys" racket in which impoverished people from Myanmar were being enticed to sell their organs for profit

A sessions' court had on Saturday sent all the accused to judicial custody till August 26

Probe agency has sought case details from the Mumbai police

Experts says organ trafficking more prevalent in north India and West Bengal; in NCR, relatives of deceased rarely agree to organ donation

Two more prominent private hospitals in the national capital and some more staff in Apollo hospital have come under police scanner

Till this afternoon, three of the recipients were traced in Kolhapur, Jammu and Kashmir and Ghaziabad