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  • April 2008

    • UN Official: Guerrillas Killed Serb Prisoners for Organs

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 12, 08 11:45 AM CDT

      UN Official: Guerrillas Killed Serb Prisoners for Organs

      (Newser) - Kosovan guerrillas killed Serb prisoners and harvested their organs for profit during Balkan fighting nearly a decade ago, according to the former UN prosecutor for war crimes in Yugoslavia. Carla del Ponte alleges that guerrillas trucked 300 captured Serbs over the border to a makeshift clinic in Albania, removed their kidneys, then killed them later for other organs. More »

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      Kosovo  • war crimes  • Albania  • Balkans  • organ harvesting  • Yugoslavia  • Serbs  • organ trafficking

  • February 2008
  • August 2007
  • July 2007

    • Transplant Doc Accused of Quickening Patient's Death

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 31, 07 5:56 PM CDT

      Transplant Doc Accused of Quickening Patient's Death

      (Newser) - A San Francisco surgeon is facing unprecedented felony charges of accelerating the death of a 25-year-old disabled man to harvest his organs for transplant. The doctor denies the charges that he acted without a legitimate medical purpose, the LA Times reports, but the controversy is bad news for transplant doctors nationwide. More »

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      doctor  • organ donor  • patient  • disability  • transplant  • organ harvesting  • medical malpractice  • surgeon  • Hootan Roozrokh

  • May 2007
  • April 2007

    • Docs Accused Of Hurrying Death To Harvest Organs

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 12, 07 11:24 AM CDT

      (Newser) - A 47-year-old man was wrongly declared brain dead by two doctors apparently eager to harvest his organs, reports the LA Times . "They were waiting like vultures, so they could scoop them up," says the patient’s daughter, Melanie Sanchez. A third doctor determined that her father, who had suffered a catastrophic brain hemorrhage, was not dead. More »

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      health  • science  • doctor  • hospitals  • organ donor  • patients  • transplant  • organ harvesting  • organs

    • China Has Change of Heart On Transplants

      Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 6, 07 4:40 PM CDT

      China Has Change of Heart On Transplants

      (Newser) - China is rethinking a major medical cash cow: providing organ transplants for Westerners on overcrowded waiting lists at home. "Transplant tourism" has been a particularly popular option in Israel, where insurers are required to pony up  for overseas operations. But health officials recently ruled that organs should not be given to foreigners when not enough are available for Chinese citizens. More »

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      China  • Israel  • health  • organ transplants  • transplant  • organ harvesting  • waiting list

    • States Rewrite Organ-Donation Laws

      Washington Post  |  Apr 4, 07 11:26 AM CDT

      States Rewrite Organ-Donation Laws

      (Newser) - Doctors will be able to take organs from potential donors in more sticky situations, under revisions to state laws on the boards in more than 24 states. Model legislation that's already passed in four states clarifies how to handle ethically complex decisions, helping to alleviate the chronic shortage of kidneys and other organs, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      health  • law  • organ donor  • patient  • state governments  • will  • organ harvesting

  • March 2007

    • Beijing Ban Spurs Organ Shortage

      Der Spiegel  |  Mar 29, 07 11:14 AM CDT

      Beijing Ban Spurs Organ Shortage

      (Newser) - South Korea has a kidney shortage, and the Beijing Olympics are to blame, Der Spiegel reports. China, attempting to clean up its human rights reputation in preparation the 2008 games, has banned organ trafficking and cut down on the state executions that used to create supply. Now countries that used to rely on this most controversial of Chinese exports are feeling the pinch. More »

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      China  • South Korea  • human rights  • Olympic Games  • organ harvesting  • waiting list

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