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An organ transplant is a surgical procedure in which a healthy organ is removed from one person (the donor) and implanted into another person (the recipient) whose organ is no longer functioning properly. The most commonly transplanted organs are the heart, liver, kidneys, and lungs. Organ transplantation can save the lives of people who are suffering from organ failure, and can significantly improve their quality of life. However, there is a shortage of available organs, and the demand for transplantation far exceeds the supply. As a result, organ transplantation is carefully regulated, and there are strict criteria for determining who is eligible to receive an organ transplant.
Police in Pakistan said on Friday that they had busted an organ trafficking ring after a missing 14-year-old boy was found in an underground lab after having his kidney removed. The ring was responsible for luring young, vulnerable victims with promises of lucrative jobs and large payouts before removing their organs – mainly kidneys –…
Indonesian police said the suspects – aged 14 and 17 – attempted to sell the 10-year-old victim’s organs on an online marketplace The teens were allegedly lured into the crime by a foreign-based website that promised hefty amounts for peddlers selling human organs on its platform Indonesian police have arrested two teenagers for allegedly kidnapping…
Kochi: City Police Commissioner CH Nagaraju here on Tuesday dismissed the alleged organ trafficking in Elanthoor human sacrifice case. Addressing the media here, he pointed out that some statements of the accused are not found convincing. At the same time, he confirmed that Muhammad Shafi is the prime accused in Elanthoor double murder and…
Taipei [Taiwan], December 20 (ANI): The forced organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners (who believe in the cultivation of moral character through forbearance) in China has been the largest-scale atrocity in the world, and the Taiwanese traveling to the country are either organ recipients or transplant surgeon, NTD news reported citing experts. While addressing the…
LAHORE: It has taken a kidnapping of a young boy for Punjab’s law enforcement agencies to realise that a human organ trafficking group is active in the province and trying to lure in people with promises of high cash amounts. Frantic with worry, Abdullah’s father approached the Manawan police station and lodged a complaint about…
New Delhi: A 53-year-old man in UP said he was shocked to find that his left kidney was allegedly removed on the pretext of stone removal surgery. Suresh Chandra, a resident of Aligarh, who works as a Home Guard suffered severe pain in the lower abdomen and got his ultrasound done earlier this year which…
To curb organ trafficking and bring more clarity to transplant procedures, Mumbai’s Human Organ Authority Committee has asked for support from the police department. It has also written to the Azad Maidan police station in this regard. Senior health officials said they will be holding meetings with police authorities to have discussions on joining the…
‘LEGAL FIREWALL’: The new law would combat the harvesting and sale of organs in China and Cambodia, where the forced practice continues, lawmakers said By Chen Cheng-yu and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writer A law banning forced organ harvesting should be enacted, lawmakers across party lines said yesterday ahead of International Human…
Beijing [China], December 29 (ANI): The inclusion of modern medicine tools like DNA profiling and iris scanning at mass levels in China has given rise to fears of China using these tools to further promote the country’s inhuman international business of forcibly harvested human organs, according to a report in Tibet Press. The report says…
To make the organ transplant procedure more transparent and curb organ trafficking, the City Human Organ Authority Committee has sought support from the police department. The panel has written a letter to local police officers in this regard. After a kidney racket was exposed in Pune in March, the state government set up three regional…
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