Cadaveric organ transplantation– life after death

The Rs 1000 Crore kidney Racket unearthed at Gurgaon has brought to light the growing Asian organ market that source kidney from poor and ignorant donor to recipient in middle east Europe & north America. The trade shifts from one city to another as if in planned rotation, making Indian public life riddled with scandals of the “Kidney bazaar”. A few years back it was Noida, Amritsar, Mumbai, Delhi and the latest expose comes from Gurgaon.

The organ transplantation scams distinguish themselves by the way they repeat themselves with amazing regularity and hit head lines every few years. To understand the issues surrounding this trade, it is essential to look at the concept and the back ground of organ transplantation alongwith its legal aspects.