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Date of Publication: July 01, 2003
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Human organ sale: the Kerala story
Abstract:
It has been reported from the Idukki district of Kerala at Poomala tribal settlement that 45 persons sold their kidneys and 30 received advance payment for the same. In Kerala, there are 20-80 renal transplantations per month from live donors, mostly done by private, for-profit hospitals.
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