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Police arrested the owner of a private hospital in eastern Pakistan and three doctors after they were implicated in the illegal trade and transplant of kidneys, police said Saturday.

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STONERS
May 26, 2007, 9:45 p.m.
The arrests came hours after police detained two men accused of enticing poor people to sell their kidneys for money.
Acting on a tip, police on Friday raided a house in Lahore where 10 poor people were being held against their will. Four of the 10 had sold their kidneys for money, despite a government ban on selling human organs.
"These poor men had been assured by the arrested men that nothing will happen to their health, if they sold one of their kidneys," Hussain said. Hussain said each "donor" had been paid about $1,000.
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camilleyun
May 27, 2007, 10:55 a.m.
Amazing and sad.
This happens often in India as well.
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77wealthcom
May 27, 2007, 1:46 p.m.
Hi
The organ trading black market is a big business.
its sad but true, there is a lot of events happening
behind the scenes that most people aren't aware of.
77wealth.com
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OldRusty
May 27, 2007, 2:05 p.m.
This bunch of animals operates all over the world, children are usually the target.Lots of other organs are sold leaving just bodies.And not much investigation is done to catch the a-holes.
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amazed
May 27, 2007, 6:25 p.m.
Why is it illegal to sell a kidney, anyway? Why should the only one who makes NO money off the transplantation of organs be the person whose orgain it is?
With the amount of money that a legal transplant costs, it would seem SOMETHING should trickle to the donor.
If it did, perhaps it would help ameliorate the organ availability crisis and eliminate the black market.