The Delhi government has ordered the suspension of Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals’ licence for kidney transplants till January 5 after police busted a kidney racket involving secretarial staff of doctors working at the hospital last year. During the suspension period, the hospital cannot register new kidney transplant patients, but close to 40 patients who have been cleared by the committee for transplantation will continue with their treatment. On average, the hospital carries out around 15 kidney transplants each month. Even then some cases miss the scanner,” said an Apollo hospital source. In India, nearly two lakh new patients are put on the kidney transplant list every year and only 8,000 of them end up getting an organ.

Source: Hindustan Times November 17, 2017 07:18 UTC