MUMBAI: Maharshtra's public well being division is making plans to initiate a probe into an alleged try through the top govt of a leading telecom firm to receive a kidney from a deficient Gujarat resident, who was offered as his nephew. State officers consider they've thwarted a possible "case of organ trade", even if the applicant managed to collect all needful documentary and clinical proof.
Last week, the 61-year-old govt's request was grew to become down through the state's organ donation authorisation committee on grounds of monetary disparity and a loss of evidence setting up his dating with the potential donor, who's in his 50s.
The directorate of well being services and products and Jaslok Hospital, which had referred the case to the state panel, gained an nameless email alerting them about the case.
Confirming it to TOI , a senior state respectable mentioned the relationship between the donor and the recipient is "shrouded in mystery". "The recipient's annual remuneration is Rs 82 lakh, whereas the donor, a Bihar native who lives and works in Gujarat, earns Rs 2 lakh a year. The applicant had no photographs to prove that the prospective donor was his sister's son," the respectable mentioned. "But a matching HLA report stumped us (HLA, or human leukocyte antigen, testing is done to find if the tissue types of two individuals are immunologically compatible)," the respectable mentioned. KEM's head of nephrology Dr NK Hase mentioned, "The chances of two strangers having an HLA match is one in a lakh and extremely rare."
The nameless email mentioned the chief was trying to "buy" the kidney for Rs 15 lakh and a task for the potential donor's son. It added that the chief had even helped the person gain Aadhar and PAN playing cards. The state respectable mentioned the transplant request was rejected earlier than the email's arrival, however the email best solidified their suspicion.
"We too pointed out economic disparity. But the potential recipient asked that just because his relatives are not financially well-off, does he not have the right to get an organ or live? Since the element of doubt remained, we referred it to the state's authorisation committee," mentioned Jaslok CEO Dr Tarang Gianchandani.
Last week, the 61-year-old govt's request was grew to become down through the state's organ donation authorisation committee on grounds of monetary disparity and a loss of evidence setting up his dating with the potential donor, who's in his 50s.
The directorate of well being services and products and Jaslok Hospital, which had referred the case to the state panel, gained an nameless email alerting them about the case.
Confirming it to TOI , a senior state respectable mentioned the relationship between the donor and the recipient is "shrouded in mystery". "The recipient's annual remuneration is Rs 82 lakh, whereas the donor, a Bihar native who lives and works in Gujarat, earns Rs 2 lakh a year. The applicant had no photographs to prove that the prospective donor was his sister's son," the respectable mentioned. "But a matching HLA report stumped us (HLA, or human leukocyte antigen, testing is done to find if the tissue types of two individuals are immunologically compatible)," the respectable mentioned. KEM's head of nephrology Dr NK Hase mentioned, "The chances of two strangers having an HLA match is one in a lakh and extremely rare."
The nameless email mentioned the chief was trying to "buy" the kidney for Rs 15 lakh and a task for the potential donor's son. It added that the chief had even helped the person gain Aadhar and PAN playing cards. The state respectable mentioned the transplant request was rejected earlier than the email's arrival, however the email best solidified their suspicion.
"We too pointed out economic disparity. But the potential recipient asked that just because his relatives are not financially well-off, does he not have the right to get an organ or live? Since the element of doubt remained, we referred it to the state's authorisation committee," mentioned Jaslok CEO Dr Tarang Gianchandani.
Maharshtra smells a rat, stops top executive's transplant
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