Delhi Apollo Hospital under scanner over alleged 'cash-for-kidney' scam
The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO), which falls under the federal health ministry, had written to the Delhi authorities following a report in Britain's Telegraph that accused Apollo of being involved in a "cash for kidneys" scandal involving villagers from Myanmar.;
New Delhi: The New Delhi city government is investigating an Apollo hospital, part of India's largest private hospital chain, after a media report linked it to the illegal sale by Myanmar nationals of their kidneys for organ transplants.
The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO), which falls under the federal health ministry, had written to the Delhi authorities following a report in Britain’s Telegraph that accused Apollo of being involved in a “cash for kidneys” scandal involving villagers from Myanmar.
The report said young villagers from Myanmar were being flown to its Delhi hospital and enticed to sell their kidneys to rich Burmese patients.
Apollo Hospitals did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
In the report, based on an undercover reporter’s conversations with agents and Apollo officials from Myanmar, Apollo Hospitals said it was “completely shocked” by the newspaper’s findings and would launch an internal investigation.
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