Tag: Organ

Over 200,000 Malaysian organ donors personal details leaked: report

KUALA LUMPUR: Personal details of over 200,000 Malaysian organ donors and their next of kin have been leaked, with the data available online for...

Germany rocked organ donor scandal

Prosecutors are investigating an organ donor scandal in the east German city of Leipzig in which doctors allegedly manipulated an organ waiting list. Three...

New laws, same old organ trafficking

About two months back, 28-year old Asif Ahmed* put up an announcement on the internet to sell one of his kidneys. “I lost a...

Male organ-head fish in Vietnam

A new species of fish with a male organ on its head has been identified in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, researchers said on...

China arrests 137 over organ-trafficking

Chinese police arrested 137 people, among them doctors, suspected of trafficking human organs in a nationwide crime ring that profited from the huge demand...

SC for regulation of organ transplants

The Supreme Court has issued orders to the four provincial chief secretaries to present reports regarding implementation of existing laws, in relevance to organ...

Mehdi Hassan

...Teri dunya mein magar hum na honge Gulun mein rang bharre, baad-e-naubahar chale/Chale bhi aau ke gulshan ka karobar chale. Faiz Ahmed Faiz, the last...

Organ transplant institute being set up: Shahbaz

Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Friday that a state-of-the-art organ transplant institute was being set up in Lahore for the provision of liver...

Putting a price tag on human life

Pakistan is amongst those countries where one can get away without being penalised on the charge of illegal human organ transplantation. Several culprits involved...

Youngster deprived of his organ

An official of Sindh House along with some accomplices has allegedly kidnapped, drugged and molested a 20-year-old youngster and chopped off his male organ...

Organ transplant centre to start functioning on 13th

The Centre for Liver Disease and Organ Transplant (CLDOT) at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) - one of the first transplant centres in...

Physical remand of organ transplants accused extended

The Cantt judicial magistrate on Friday extended the physical remand of seven people, including Dr Hanif, Nadeem, Imran, Mushtaq, Sagheer, Mubashir and Ali involved...

Organ thieves’ remand extended

The judicial magistrate (cantt) on Tuesday extended the physical remand of seven people namely Dr Hanif, Nadeem, Imran, Mushtaq, Sagheer, Mubashir and Ali, involved...

Pakistani organ traders using Internet for business, says SIUT founder

Organ traders in Pakistan are using the Internet as a means for advertising their business, said Prof Dr Adibul Hasan Rizvi who is the...

Police get remand of organ transplant ring members

Judicial magistrate (cantonment) on Saturday handed over sevens accused to North Cantt police custody on physical remand till July 5. They were caught on...

Organ scam uncovered in Cantt

North Cantt police on Friday arrested seven people including the ring leader of a gang involved in illegal business of organs transplant in a...

NA rights committee deplores illegal organ trade

Expressing concern over the illegal business of human organ transplantation across the country despite the enactment of Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act,...