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The Brian Lehrer Show / January 30, 2008 / Stolen Kidneys

Stolen Kidneys

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Amelia Gentleman, a stringer for the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times, talks about a organ-trafficking ring in India that has victimized hundreds of day laborers.

Read "Kidney Theft Shocks India"


Comments

  • [1] chestine from NY January 30, 2008 - 11:53AM

    both kidneys robbed from the victims or one each? wouldn't they be dead with 2 kidneys gone?
  • [2] hk January 30, 2008 - 11:53AM

    One or both removed?


  • [3] World's Toughest Milkman from the_C_train January 30, 2008 - 11:55AM

    Sounds like Medical tourism has merged with capitalism...utterly horrible.

    How does this compare to China's issues?
  • [4] Robert from NYC January 30, 2008 - 11:58AM

    It is only one kidney, I saw footage on I think, Democracy Now, yesterday (or some other tv news) and there is footage of the patients with only one kidney. They would die if it were two! In fact the story indicated that a doctor who examined these patient-victims said the surgery was very well performed by an expert surgeon. Nonetheless...
  • [5] David from Brooklyn January 30, 2008 - 12:00PM

    These tales have run through third world countries for years. The likelyhood of finding a match and then dealing with the high rate of organ rejection makes this type of transplantation impossible. There is a growing issue of very poor people willingly selling their organs - but that is different. I think soon, this story will also be uncovered as untrue.
  • [6] Zan January 30, 2008 - 12:06PM

    Live Illegal Organ Transplant is also happening in China!

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