The NIA is investigating an organ smuggling network that sent Indians to Iran on tourist visas for illegal transplants, the Home Ministry informed Parliament on Tuesday.
Organs including kidneys, lungs and liver were retrieved from Prasenjit Mohanty, the brain dead patient, with the support and approval of his family while excellent coordination through government agencies enabled the organs to be flown to two private hospitals in New Delhi and Kolkata.
The woman was admitted to the hospital on July 7 and the doctors declared her brain dead on July 10. The same day her family members gave nod for organ donation, hoping she would still live through her organs.
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Only 0.08 per cent of Indians donate their organs
