Bangladesh-India kidney transplant racket: Indraprastha Apollo Surgeon arrested for running racket at Yatharth Hospital
Busting an international kidney transplant racket spanning Bangladesh and India, the Delhi Crime Branch Police recently arrested a female doctor from Delhi-based Indraprastha Apollo Hospital for allegedly performing around 15-16 transplants for nearly two years at a private hospital in Noida and charged Rs 2-3 lakh for each transplant.
According to The Indian Express news report, the doctor has been identified as Dr Vijaya Kumari, a kidney transplant surgeon at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital. She has been accused of being connected to the gang that reportedly ran its illegal activities since 2019 and allegedly performed the transplants between 2021 and 2023 at Noida’s Yatharth Hospital, where she was employed as a visiting consultant.
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