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In Afghanistan, a booming kidney trade preys on the poor
10 Feb, 2021 05:00 AM
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Gulfgha Amiri, who sold one of his kidneys, rests a day after his surgery at Loqman Hakim Hospital in Herat, Afghanistan, in January. Photo / Kiana Hayeri, The New York Times
New York Times
By: Adam Nossiter and Najim Rahim
Widespread poverty and an ambitious private hospital are helping to fuel an illegal market a portal to new misery for the country s most vulnerable. Amid the bustle of beggars and patients outside the crowded hospital here, there are sellers and buyers, casting wary eyes at one another: The poor, seeking cash for their vital organs, and the gravely ill or their surrogates, looking to buy.
HERAT, Afghanistan- Amid the bustle of beggars and patients outside the crowded hospital here, there are sellers and buyers, casting wary eyes at one another: The poor, seeking cash for their vital organs, and the gravely ill or their surrogates, looking to buy. In Afghanistan, as in most countries, the sale and purchase of organs is illegal, and so is the implanting of.