Transplant Brokers in Israel Lure Desperate Kidney Patients to Costa Rica

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Clark

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/world/middleeast/transplant-brokers-in-israel-lure-desperate-kidney-patients-to-costa-rica.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias&

Transplant Brokers in Israel Lure Desperate Kidney Patients to Costa Rica
By KEVIN SACK

Aside from the six-figure price tag, what was striking was just how easy it was for Ophira Dorin to buy a kidney.

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Unrelated directed kidney donor, my recipient and I are well!
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Clark

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/21/opinion/inside-the-world-of-kidney-trafficking.html

Inside the World of Kidney Trafficking: Letters

To the Editor:

"Kidneys for Sale" (front page, Aug. 17) exposed the insidious nature of international organ trafficking. It's unfortunate that organ shortages and the lure of profits have allowed unscrupulous middlemen to take advantage of needy patients and desperate donors.

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Unrelated directed kidney donor, my recipient and I are well!
655 time blood & platelet donor.
Elected to OPTN Boards of Directors & Executive, Kidney Transplantation, and Ad Hoc Public Solicitation of Organ Donors Committees, 2004-11 & OPTN BoD, Finance, Living Donor, & Patient Affairs Coms 2025-29

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