25Nov/13

A Long Island Man Ran a Kidney Donation Scam Out of His Mom's House – Village Voice (blog)

A Long Island Man Ran a Kidney Donation Scam Out of His Mom’s House
Village Voice (blog)
… Living Compatible Donors” in as little as two weeks, despite the company never having located a kidney donor for a single client. Goldstein offered to pay a man in India to collect on one of his kidneys, violating state and federal laws on the sale …

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25Nov/13

Treating deadly dog bites costs Baramulla man his lone kidney – GreaterKashmir.com


GreaterKashmir.com

Treating deadly dog bites costs Baramulla man his lone kidney
GreaterKashmir.com
Why so? “For a kidney transplant patient, immunity has to be suppressed to minimal low so that the body accepts the donor organ while immunization is exactly the opposite,” explained medicos. … The medicos said they could only find three such cases …

23Nov/13

Now HIV positive people may be able to donate organs – Barack Obama passes … – India.Com Health


Montreal Gazette

Now HIV positive people may be able to donate organs – Barack Obama passes …
India.Com Health
In a statement, Obama said he signed the legislation, called the HIV Organ Policy Equity Act, or HOPE Act, to offer the opportunity for HIV-positive person to receive organ donations, Xinhua reported. For decades HIV organ transplants have been illegal …
Obama signs bill for HIV organ donationNewstrack India

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