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Three member committee appointed to probe kidney racket

22 Jan, 2016

A three member committee has been appointed to investigate the alleged?kidney racket involving Indians and Sri Lankans.

The committee includes?Director of Private Health Services,?Dr. Kanthi Ariyaratne and?Provincial Director of Health Services in the?Western Province?Dr. Deepthi Perera.

The Health Ministry yesterday?temporarily suspended kidney transplants for foreigners at Government and private hospitals after the?racket in India was linked to six local doctors.

Health Minister Dr. Rajitha Senaratne had ordered a full investigation into claims by the Indian police that the doctors attached to some private hospitals had conducted kidney transplants for Indians who were involved in a major kidney racket.

The Indian police have filed cases against six Sri Lankan doctors in relation to the?kidney racket on the charge of conducting paid kidney transplants in violation of ethics.

The Indian media reported that the police have identified the Sri Lankan doctors who?have?allegedly performed 60 transplants.

Police in?Nalgonda, India arrested the kingpin in the kidney racket, Suresh Prajapathi (36), and two of his cronies, who facilitated the?transplants.

The police also arrested Prajapathi?s accomplice Dilip Umedamal Chouhan (31), who used to help conduct health tests on donors at various diagnostic centres in Ahmedabad. (Colombo Gazette)

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