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Bangladesh's kidney trade booms as donors turn brokers
AFP, Published on 14/10/2015
» KALAI (BANGLADESH) - After years of crippling debt, Bangladeshi villager Rawshan Ara decided to follow in her family's footsteps -- and sell a kidney on the black market to raise cash.
Cambodian denies trafficking organs to Thailand
dpa, Published on 11/03/2015
» PHNOM PENH — A Cambodian woman denied charges of running an organ-trafficking ring to wealthy patients in Thai hospitals, a news report said.
Shaking the salt habit
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 10/03/2015
» As World Kidney Day draws near, Thailand's Ministry of Public Health is marking the occasion by encouraging Thais to eat less salt.
No time like the present
Life, Published on 22/12/2014
» Give back to society and help those in need with Life's charity gift guide for the season of goodwill
Doctors cleared in organ harvesting scam
Jon Fernquest, Published on 10/11/2014
» Thai surgeons didn't know kidney donor was linked to cross-border organ trafficking. Document given to doctors stamped with fake logo of Cambodian embassy.
Doctors cleared in organ harvesting scam
News, Published on 10/11/2014
» The Thai medical regulator has found no involvement by Thai doctors in any cross-border organ trafficking.
Cambodia-Thai kidney trafficking: Fears of new organ market
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/10/2014
» When Cambodian Chhay, 18, sold his kidney for $3,000 he was whisked away to a gleaming hospital in the medical tourism hub of neighbouring Thailand...
Worries over illegal organ market
AFP, Published on 27/10/2014
» PHNOM PENH - The seven-inch scar runs diagonally across the left flank of his skinny torso, a glaring reminder of an operation he hoped would save his family from debt but instead plunged him into shame.
Cambodian arrest in Thai organ scam
dpa, Published on 08/07/2014
» A Cambodian woman allegedly trafficked donor organs to wealthy Cambodian transplant patients in Thai hospitals, police in Phnom Penh said Tuesday.
Two held for kidney trafficking scam
News, Published on 04/07/2014
» Two Cambodians arrested for trafficking in human kidneys allegedly sent donors they had paid to give up their organs to Thailand for the operation.