HC grants bail to Doctor Accused of Illegal Kidney Transplant at Hyderabad Hospital
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to a doctor associated with Savita Medical College, who was accused of illegally performing kidney transplants on donors lured in from other states at Alakananda Hospital, Saroornagar. The court imposed a bail bond of Rs 25,000 for the doctor.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported in January this year that an illegal kidney transplant racket was uncovered at Alkananda Multi-Speciality Hospital in Rangareddy District, Hyderabad. The hospital’s managing director, along with several staff members, was arrested for allegedly recruiting kidney donors from other states and bringing in external doctors to conduct the transplants.
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Police investigation revealed that the hospital authorities were actively luring kidney donors from other states and also called doctors from outside other states to perform the transplants. They were making huge amounts of money through this racket. A preliminary police probe found that kidney transplants were conducted for two patients each from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The kidneys were reportedly donated by two women from Tamil Nadu and transplanted into two recipients from Karnataka.
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