Gang removed hundreds of kidneys to sell to wealthy clients, Pakistan police say
Gang removed hundreds of kidneys to sell to wealthy clients, Pakistan police say
Police in eastern Pakistan have smashed an illegal organ harvesting ring, arresting eight people for surgically removing kidneys from hundreds of patients for wealthy people needing a transplant, authorities said Monday.
Police in eastern Pakistan have smashed an illegal organ harvesting ring, arresting eight people for surgically removing kidneys from hundreds of patients for wealthy people needing a transplant, authorities said Monday.
The alleged gang leader, identified as “Dr Fawad,” is accused of conducting 328 operations on people to remove their kidney and selling them to clients for up to 10 million Pakistani rupees ($34,000) each, said Mohsin Naqvi, the chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province.
Fawad was allegedly assisted in the operations by an unnamed car mechanic who administered the anesthesia, Naqvi said.
The chief minister said the gang lured patients from hospitals and performed the operations privately in the region of Taxila, the city of Lahore and in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
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Cue the outrage. Meanwhile no-one questions why people feel compelled to sell their own organs in order to survive. This is just a logical and expected outcome of a system where some give their own blood so that others can live better.
I see and support your point, but what makes this even more unethical is, that the "donors" did not even knew their kidney was removed (as stated in the linked article) ...
If the govt is spending money festering Terrorism, then what can the people do. I read some article which stated that Pakistan has been under military control on multiple ocassion in recent times leading to economic instability. Then there was COVID too.