Kidney Scam

Madhubabu Garlapati, a 31-year-old auto-driver from Andhra Pradesh, finds himself embroiled in a harrowing tale of deception and illegal organ trafficking after being lured into selling his kidney for cash.

The Directorate General of Health Services ( DGHS) has written a letter to the director of the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) regarding a media report blaming Private Hospital in Delhi on an illegal kidney racket.

Apollo Hospitals has denied a British media report claiming the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi is at the centre of an international "cash for kidneys" racket that sees poor people from Myanmar sell their organs for Rs 80-90 lakh each.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition filed in 2019 by a two-year-old seeking a CBI or an SIT investigation into complaints of "large-scale" and "well-organised" kidney transplant scam involving corporate hospitals.

70 Ayushman Bharat health card holders under the Prime Minister Jan Arogya Yojana found lodged in Jabalpur's Vega Hotel, a defunct facility, instead of the Central India Kidney Hospital next door

Days after a kidney racket was busted in Assam's Morigaon district and the arrest of four people, at least 15 cases have been uncovered where victims from financially disadvantaged communities sold their kidneys in a widening organ-trafficking racket

The physician of jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Dr Umesh Prasad on Saturday said that the latter's kidney is functioning at 25 per cent and the situation can deteriorate at any time in future.

Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Yadav, who is admitted to a Ranchi hospital and is serving a jail term after being convicted in the multi-crore fodder scam case, has suffered serious kidney damage.

Chhattisgarh police on Thursday raided a hospital run by Dr Puneet Gupta, the son-in-law of former Chief Minister Raman Singh, in a case of alleged financial irregularities during his tenure as the superintendent of a state-run hospital. A search is on for Dr Gupta, who is missing.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi called on ally and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, who was admitted at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, for heart and kidney related ailments on March 29. In a meeting that lasted for about 30 minutes, the Congress president is believed to have enquired about Mr Yadav's treatment

Five doctors, including the CEO and director of a top private hospital in Mumbai were arrested on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in the kidney selling racket.

Delhi Police today intensified its search for the main accused of the kidney trading racket, even as they served notices to Apollo Hospital authorities asking them to join probe and provide documents related to kidney transplants in the past few months.

Almost a year after he was released from jail, Dr Rajendra Arya died in a hospital in his hometown of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. "He was not unwell. Till the end, he had a healthy appetite, he was eating well," his wife, Usha, told NDTV today, rejecting the police's explanation that the 40-year-old doctor died of a sudden kidney infection.

The Hyderabad police on Sunday claimed to have busted a kidney transplant racket by arresting two touts who allegedly connived with a government doctor to sell donors' kidneys to the needy and extracted money from them.

Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, facing prosecution for his alleged role in the 2008 cash-for-votes scam, was allowed today by a Delhi court to go abroad for treatment of his kidney ailment.

Madhubabu Garlapati, a 31-year-old auto-driver from Andhra Pradesh, finds himself embroiled in a harrowing tale of deception and illegal organ trafficking after being lured into selling his kidney for cash.

The Directorate General of Health Services ( DGHS) has written a letter to the director of the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) regarding a media report blaming Private Hospital in Delhi on an illegal kidney racket.

Apollo Hospitals has denied a British media report claiming the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi is at the centre of an international "cash for kidneys" racket that sees poor people from Myanmar sell their organs for Rs 80-90 lakh each.

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a petition filed in 2019 by a two-year-old seeking a CBI or an SIT investigation into complaints of "large-scale" and "well-organised" kidney transplant scam involving corporate hospitals.

70 Ayushman Bharat health card holders under the Prime Minister Jan Arogya Yojana found lodged in Jabalpur's Vega Hotel, a defunct facility, instead of the Central India Kidney Hospital next door

Days after a kidney racket was busted in Assam's Morigaon district and the arrest of four people, at least 15 cases have been uncovered where victims from financially disadvantaged communities sold their kidneys in a widening organ-trafficking racket

The physician of jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Dr Umesh Prasad on Saturday said that the latter's kidney is functioning at 25 per cent and the situation can deteriorate at any time in future.

Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Yadav, who is admitted to a Ranchi hospital and is serving a jail term after being convicted in the multi-crore fodder scam case, has suffered serious kidney damage.

Chhattisgarh police on Thursday raided a hospital run by Dr Puneet Gupta, the son-in-law of former Chief Minister Raman Singh, in a case of alleged financial irregularities during his tenure as the superintendent of a state-run hospital. A search is on for Dr Gupta, who is missing.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi called on ally and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, who was admitted at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, for heart and kidney related ailments on March 29. In a meeting that lasted for about 30 minutes, the Congress president is believed to have enquired about Mr Yadav's treatment

Five doctors, including the CEO and director of a top private hospital in Mumbai were arrested on Tuesday for their alleged involvement in the kidney selling racket.

Delhi Police today intensified its search for the main accused of the kidney trading racket, even as they served notices to Apollo Hospital authorities asking them to join probe and provide documents related to kidney transplants in the past few months.

Almost a year after he was released from jail, Dr Rajendra Arya died in a hospital in his hometown of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh. "He was not unwell. Till the end, he had a healthy appetite, he was eating well," his wife, Usha, told NDTV today, rejecting the police's explanation that the 40-year-old doctor died of a sudden kidney infection.

The Hyderabad police on Sunday claimed to have busted a kidney transplant racket by arresting two touts who allegedly connived with a government doctor to sell donors' kidneys to the needy and extracted money from them.

Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, facing prosecution for his alleged role in the 2008 cash-for-votes scam, was allowed today by a Delhi court to go abroad for treatment of his kidney ailment.