Family of girl who died suddenly in India seek answers over missing organs

[dipsydoodle]

The family of an eight-year-old British girl who died suddenly in India after being admitted to hospital for dehydration are demanding answers after her body was returned to the UK with her organs missing.

Gurkiren Kaur Loyal, from Birmingham, described as the soul of her family, died seconds after being injected with an unknown liquid at the clinic in Khanna, in the Punjab on 2 April, her family said.

The Birmingham coroner's office opened an inquest in April after her body was repatriated but said major organs were missing, making it impossible to determine a cause of death.

Gurkiren's mother, Amrit Kaur Loyal, 50, said: "I feel extremely angry; I want answers. We just want to know what was in the syringe. The first step is getting her organs back and then, then, if they are her original organs we will take legal procedures against the clinic. I want justice."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/14/family-girl-died-india-organs

[liberalhistorian]

1. I'll tell you what was likely in the syringe.

Whatever killed her in seconds, that's what. Because India, like China, has a thriving black market in organs and a widespread, deeply entrenched corruption problem that reaches into every aspect of life, including medical clinics and hospitals. They likely saw her organ donation potential and took it from there.

This is the dark side of organ transplantation, and one reason why I'm against "opt out" designations, instead of the opt-in system most widely in use here. The focus and concern becomes all on the organs and who needs them, which can easily come at the expense of those who have them.

[BainsBane]

2. selling organs

Is very high on my list of horrors in the world. It makes me shudder to think about it.

[malaise]

3. Like everything else

They will steal the organs of the poor and give the rich