Violation of the Organ Transplant Act: Did the director of a hospital in Osaka request a letter of introduction and pay a fee?
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Three former directors of an NPO were arrested for arranging an organ transplant in Cambodia for a man living in Tokyo and receiving more than 12 million yen in return.Interviews with investigators revealed that the former directors appear to have asked the director of a medical institution in Osaka to write a letter of introduction for the man to a medical institution in Cambodia, and paid him a fee.
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朝日新聞A woman who returned to Japan after undergoing illegal transplant surgery was refused by three medical institutions on suspicion of organ trafficking, and she looked relieved when she was told at the fourth hospital that she would be examined but would call the police (Yomiuri Shimbun Online).
Yahoo!ニュースA woman who returned to Japan after undergoing illegal transplant surgery was refused by three medical institutions on suspicion of organ trafficking, and she looked relieved when she was told at the fourth hospital that she would be examined but called the police.
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