Pressure On Aussies For Organ Transplant Mounting?

February 2, 2006
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    India is being rocked by an organ transplant scandal continuously. At a time, When there is boom in the Information technology sector India, it also seems to be a hot destination for ''Transplant tourism''.

    Specifically more Australians are traveling to India and china for organ transplants as the waiting in Australia has overshot.

    Australians in dozens are traveling to India and China to 'buy' transplant organs. Though India has laws, which is stringent due to its sheer size and population, people think that organs can be sourced commercially.

    Senior health officials narrate with horror that seven transplant recipients are reported traveled to China to receive organs of the death row prisoners.

    In a battle for survival patients in desperation indulge in this commercial 'buying 'of organs some times they refuse the source of organs.

    The main reason behind desperation to buy organs through dubious means lies in the ''blow-out'' in Australian waiting lists for kidneys.

    With the kidney failures mounting in Australia as any where in the world and dwindling of cadaver organs there is pressure on these Aussies to get organs from 'some where ' the third world appears to be an ideal foil for them.

    But the problem starts when there are post-op complications due to various reasons.

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