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the problem is rampant.and the way to go about it is so simple. you
in fact can get an illegal kidney transplant right under the nose of the
regulating authorities. faking papers is so easy....consider recent issue
of bailable warrants against the president of india and other vips.
often in my practice, i am informed that the patient has had a renal
transplant. out of curiosity, i do enquire if it was a kind relative who
donated. the answer is invariably cash which gets things moving. there is
no such thing as a kind soul, so i am told. the kind souls are the
regulating authorities who "permit" trafficking in kidneys for the greater
good of humanity at large.
however, this is part of the problem. this can be dealt easily if the
obliging doctor is not only struck off the register but sent to jail to
cool his heels. for theft of kidneys from unsuspecting patients, the
punishment should not be less than death.
kidney trafficking.
the problem is rampant.and the way to go about it is so simple. you
in fact can get an illegal kidney transplant right under the nose of the
regulating authorities. faking papers is so easy....consider recent issue
of bailable warrants against the president of india and other vips.
often in my practice, i am informed that the patient has had a renal
transplant. out of curiosity, i do enquire if it was a kind relative who
donated. the answer is invariably cash which gets things moving. there is
no such thing as a kind soul, so i am told. the kind souls are the
regulating authorities who "permit" trafficking in kidneys for the greater
good of humanity at large.
however, this is part of the problem. this can be dealt easily if the
obliging doctor is not only struck off the register but sent to jail to
cool his heels. for theft of kidneys from unsuspecting patients, the
punishment should not be less than death.
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