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Organ Shortage Drives Transplant

Without a living donor, the waiting time for a kidney transplant can extend for many years. Many desperately ill people die waiting.

So it’s understandable that some patients turn to transplant tourism — traveling to another country to buy an organ, usually a kidney.

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Organ Shortage Drives Transplant



Without a living donor, the waiting time for a kidney transplant can extend for many years. Many desperately ill people die waiting.



So it’s understandable that some patients turn to transplant tourism — traveling to another country to buy an organ, usually a kidney.



http://www.newhouse.com/organ-shortage-drives-transplant-tourism-2.html

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Transplant Tourism Increasing Poverty in India, Pakistan

The practice of transplant tourism needs to be regulated by the introduction of radical reforms, top surgeons say. The claim this practice is adversely affecting people in developing countries like India and Pakistan.

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Transplant Tourism Increasing Poverty in India, Pakistan



The practice of transplant tourism needs to be regulated by the introduction of radical reforms, top surgeons say. The claim this practice is adversely affecting people in developing countries like India and Pakistan.



http://www.medindia.net/news/Transplant-Tourism-Increasing-Poverty-in-India-Pakistan-38024-1.htm

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