2023-10-03 07:42:00
The gang was selling these kidneys to wealthy customers for up to $34,000 each.
The authorities in Pakistan announced the arrest of a criminal gang that was illegally performing hundreds of surgeries to remove kidneys and sell them to wealthy people.
The American CNN news network quoted the Prime Minister of the Punjab Province, Mohsin Naqvi, as saying that the leader of the gang, known as “Dr. Fouad,” is accused of performing 328 surgeries on people to remove their kidneys illegally.
Naqvi added that the gang was selling these kidneys to wealthy customers for up to 10 million Pakistani rupees ($34,000) per kidney.
He also explained that “Dr. Fouad” was receiving assistance during surgical operations from an unnamed car mechanic, who was in charge of administering anesthesia.
According to what Sky News reported, the gang was luring patients from hospitals and performing operations on them in private places in Lahore and Kashmir.
“They were able to do this in Kashmir, in the absence of a law regarding kidney transplantation, so it was easy to perform the operations there,” Naqvi noted.
Three deaths have also been confirmed so far as a result of these surgeries, according to the same official, while local authorities continue investigation procedures.
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