LetsDiscuss: Should organ-ised trade be legalised in India?

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posted by garfield79 1578 days ago

The illegal organ trade racket unearthed in Gurgaon has been found to be spread across five states. Police claim the doctors involved in the racket were catering to demands for organs even from overseas. The investigations have also revealed that the doctors had received as many as 48 requests for kidneys. But if organ transplant is legal, shouldn’t organ trade also be a legalised practice? Are the archaic laws on human organ donation to be blamed for giving rise to such exploitative and widespread organ trade in the country?
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  • Avatar | written by jindal 1576 days ago Rating: 0 | Rate comment: + -

    We are researchers in the psychological aspects of kidney transplantation, both in recipients and donors. We are looking to contact DONORS of commercial kidney transplants in India to study their quality of life and psyche after giving a kidney to an "unknown" recipient. Please pass this along.

    The study involved filling up some questionnaires and an interview which will be confidential. The interview can take place via phone or Internet.

    we are looking to recruit 100 such donors.

    LS Baines, PhD, Psychologist, Hofstra University, Long Island, New York

    Rahul Jindal, MD, PhD, Transplant Surgeon, Brookdale Hospital, New York

    E-Mail: rmj422@yahoo.com


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