Thursday, September 16, 2010

“Surgery That Costs an Arm and a Leg”

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-09-16-South-Africa-trafficking_N.htm

Eleven suspects from a major South African hospital chain have been charged with international human organ trafficking. The doctors brash enough to be involved in a scandal of this kind have a lot of guts.

The investigation began with illegal transplants done as far back as 2001. Now, the case is finally sewn up.

The hospital considers the removal and replacement of organs an internal matter.

Evidence is hard to collect in this kind of case. To prevent leaving behind fingerprints, the doctors cleverly wore rubber gloves.

Most people agree, the only thing more sickening than buying or selling an organ is buying or selling an accordion.

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