100 farmers to auction their organs

Condemning a recent incident where a debt-ridden farmer was forced to sell his kidney, 100 farmers from Aurangabad will hold a protest on Thursday where they will auction their organs to the public to repay their debt.
“We are suffocating under the burden of debt. Every day, goons of moneylenders keep knocking at our doors. Due to this, we can’t even go outside. We have no other option but to sell our body parts,” said Jayaji Suryavanshi, a farmer and social activist.
At a time when the government is keen to counsel debt-ridden farmers to stop them from ending their lives, farmers appear dissatisfied with the

RECIPIENT WAITS ON AS CADAVER LIVER `WASTED' DUE TO RED-TAPE DELAY

 The liver of a 28-year-old brain-dead patient could not be harvested in time for a transplant as organ authorisation committee asks pvt city hospital to seek approval from IKDRC; kidney hospital asserts it has no power to grant such permission

Karthik Patel, 33, needed a new liver and had been on the waiting list for several months. Navratri brought hope in the form of a 28-year-old brain dead patient who turned out to be a match. However, Karthik never received the life-changing organ transplant. Reason: The organ authorisation committee denied the private hospital's request to conduct the transplant without permission from the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre. Interestingly, IKDRC denies having the power to give permission to any private hospital to go ahead with a liver transplant.