NOWSHERA: As per local police reports, a private hospital that had been allegedly involved in illegal kidney transplantation is owned by two officials of the provincial health department.
The hospital is owned by drug Inspector Mardan Mohammad Tayyab and Dr Saifullah Afridi.
The report also revealed that a factory that produced fake medicines was also found to be operating at the back of the hospital building. Consequently, the factory has been immediately sealed.
A team of Multan’s FIA conducted an operation in tehsil Pabbi of district Nowshera in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and arrested eight people, including urologist of Hayat Medical Complex (HMC) Dr Abdul Aziz for the illegal kidney transplant on Tuesday.
The detainees were being interrogated by FIA.
Speaking to media, head of Punjab Human Organ Transplantation Dr Faisal Masood lauded the crackdown operation, regretting that the crime goes unregistered; hence the business remains prevalent in the country.
Dr Masood urged the government to draft and implement regulations governing the issue.