Kidney Transplants and Scams : India’s Troublesome Legacy – Ramesh Kumar

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“A live kidney weighing 150-200 gm is the most sought-after organ worldwide. People are willing to buy kidneys from unrelated live donors for a few lakh rupees. There are almost 2000 kidney transplants happening in India yearly. Less than half of this number meets the country’s legal requirements. Harvesting of kidneys from unfortunate accident victims is the only solution to overcome the shortage of this organ. To make kidneys readily and legally available from accident victims and the brain dead, the current law needs to be amended. In this book, Dr Ramesh Kumar reveals the stark reality of kidney scams in India and strongly advocates the need of a National Organ Harvesting Programme (NOHP). Dr Ramesh Kumar is a pioneer in the field of Nephrology. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1992 and Padma Bhushan in 2003”–