Pakistan among 5 organ trafficking hotspots

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Daily Times

Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Pakistan among 5 organ trafficking hotspots

HONG KONG: Pakistan is among the top five organ-trafficking hotspots besides China, Colombia, Egypt and the Philippines, according to a World Health Organisation report.

Pakistan, where trade in human organs is not illegal, is turning into a “kidney bazaar”, said the chief executive of Pakistan’s Kidney Foundation, Jaffar Naqvi.

There are no confirmed figures for the number of foreigners coming to the country for new kidneys, but Naqvi said there were 13 centres in Lahore alone, which reported more than 2,000 transplants last year from bought kidneys.

Patients, mostly from Europe, Saudi Arabia and India, pay about 500,000 rupees for a new kidney, he said. Donors are paid $300 to $1,000 and often get no medical care after the surgery. reuters



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Aren't you glad to know that TWO of these FIVE organ trafficking countries are the top THREE countries the U.S. gives financial aid? Israel, Egypt, Colombia are the top three recipients.

[NYC]

1. 500,000 Pakistan Rupees = US $8,279.14

Patients, mostly from Europe, Saudi Arabia and India, pay about 500,000 rupees for a new kidney, he said. Donors are paid $300 to $1,000 and often get no medical care after the surgery.

[Doctor_J]

2. Dear Resident Duh-bya. LOVE what you've done with the Middle East

All-time poppy crops in Afghanistan, all-time high Al Qaeda in Pakistan and Iraq, Turkey gonna invade Iraq, Iran being Iran, and now this. Maybe we should rename the whole region Bushistan.

[Dj13Francis]

3. I saw Turistas...

I'm going to add Turkey and all those other countries to the list of countries I'm never going to visit, along with Brazil. Yikes.