Dr. Harsh Vardhan 5th September 2014
Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare
Room No. 348; ‘A’ Wing,
Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi-110011
Subject: Kidney transplant case of Dr. Manoj Gupta Sc ‘G’ HEMRL, DRDO, Pune in Colombo
Honorable Sir,
With reference to above Dr. Manoj Gupta Sc ‘G’ HEMRL, DRDO, Pune is patient of kidney problem. Date of Birth 20-Sep-1960
Dr. Manoj Gupta Sc ‘G’ along with his wife and colleague Dr. RS SATPUTE Sc ‘E’, HEMRL, DRDO, Pune went to Colombo, Sri lanka on 25th August 2014 on tourist Visa.
Dr. Manoj Gupta was successfully kidney transplanted on 1st September 2014 and massage of his operation was received by his colleagues in HEMRL, Pune.
A article was published by Sri Lanka Guardian on 29th April 2014 “Kidney Racket & Dysfunctional Medical Laws” Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Some unscrupulous Sri Lankan doctors have allegedly made a fortune by luring poor Indian men to sell their kidneys, which were then transplanted in new recipients who coughed up on average 4-5 million rupees for their organ transplants. Information revealed by three Indian agents who were arrested by the Police in Andhra Pradesh is sickening. Police say that the suspects who themselves had sold their kidneys to rogue Sri Lankan doctors have facilitated the sale of 21 kidneys of poor Indian villagers during the last several months.
In view of above it is requested that kindly investigate the matter thoroughly as per THE TRANSPLANTATION OF HUMAN ORGANS ACT, 1994 No.42 OF 1994 dated 8th July, 1994 for the sake of our poor villagers, who were exploiting by rich and educated heartless people.
Regards
Prabhu Dandriyal,
21-Sunderwala, Raipur, Dehradun -248008
0135- 2787750, 9411114879,
prabhudoon@gmail.com www.corruptionindrdo.com
Enclosed – Kidney Racket & Dysfunctional Medical Laws
Published On: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 Posted by Sri Lanka Guardian
Kidney Racket & Dysfunctional Medical Laws
| Editorial , Ceylon Today
( April 29, 2014, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Some unscrupulous Sri Lankan doctors have allegedly made a fortune by luring poor Indian men to sell their kidneys, which were then transplanted in new recipients who coughed up on average 4-5 million rupees for their organ transplants. Information revealed by three Indian agents who were arrested by the Police in Andhra Pradesh is sickening. Police say that the suspects who themselves had sold their kidneys to rogue Sri Lankan doctors have facilitated the sale of 21 kidneys of poor Indian villagers during the last several months.
Worse still, Police say many of those hapless Indian kidney donors have been duped by Lankan doctors. One such victim, known as Kiran was quoted in the flagship Indian newspaper, the Times of India, as saying that though he was initially promised a half a million rupees, doctors after removing his kidney paid him only Rs 390,000. Those very doctors had been making a fortune, charging 4-5 million rupees from the patients in order to transplant those unlawfully obtained kidneys.
What has allegedly taken place in some of those state-of-the art private hospitals in Sri Lanka is a mafia- styled exploitation of the poor and the vulnerable. The lax legal regulations governing organ transplant in Sri Lanka and the sense of urgency of the life saving operation has been exploited by the unscrupulous entities in the medical profession to make a fast buck at the expense of poor and vulnerable donors and equally helpless recipients.
Incriminating details unearthed by the Indian police have proved a nexus between some of the local doctors, Indian agents, donors and recipients. Some rogue doctors have operated safe havens for unscrupulous organ donors and paid their expenses during their stay in Sri Lanka as part of a monetary package that the donors have been promised in return for their kidneys.
It is disturbing that the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA), which has regularly been speaking up for the professional rights of the doctors is maintaining a deafening silence on the scam. Such a silence could well be opportunistic.
The Ministry of Health has launched a probe on all kidney transplant operations performed from January 2013 to April 2014 at private hospitals in the country.
Director, Private Medical Institutions Development Unit, Dr. Kanthi Ariyaratne, has been instructed to investigate the donors, the surgeons and medical teams that performed transplant operations and as to whether any exchange of money had taken place or any third party had been involved in obtaining kidneys .
