India to probe Apollo Hospital Delhi's alleged links to 'cash for kidneys' scandal


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  • Wednesday, 06 Dec 2023

FILE PHOTO: Patients and their attendants are seen inside Apollo hospital in New Delhi, India, September 8, 2015. Picture taken September 8, 2015. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File photo

NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD (Reuters) - India's health ministry has ordered a probe into Apollo Hospital Delhi, part of largest private hospital chain Apollo Hospitals, after media reports linked it to the illegal sale by Myanmar nationals of their kidneys for organ transplants.

The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO), which falls under the health ministry, has asked Delhi Health Secretary S B Deepak Kumar to "get the matter examined, take appropriate action ... and furnish an action-taken report within a week", according to a letter seen by Reuters.

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