Organ Harvest
Police investigate two teenage girls for conniving with their church member to sell their organs for N100k each in Lagos
Tweet Tweet Share Whatsapp reddit The police in Lagos are investigating how two teenagers sold their organs to a medical doctor in Abeokuta, Ogun state for N200,000 without the consent of their parents. Vanguard News reports that the girls connived with a church member, Mrs Adeleke and went to a medical doctor at Redwood Specialist Hospital, Abeokuta where their organs were sold for N100,000 each. The incident came to light in September 12, 2022 when one of them started vomiting and she was taken to hospital by her father who thought it was typhoid or malaria and the doctor requested for medical test which later revealed that her anus and private part were damaged. .u6a47af170682dff8394beadd213c2877 { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:10...
Lagos assembly to establish organ transplant dept
The Lagos State House of Assembly has organised a public hearing on a bill to establish an organ harvest transplantation department in the state Ministry of Health. The Chairman, House Committee on Health Services, Mr Hakeem Sokunle, made the disclosure at one-day public hearing on Organ Harvest and Transplantation Bill on Wednesday in Lagos. Sokunle explained that the department was to advise the state government on all matters relating to organ harvest, transplantation and preservation. The lawmaker said the department would also formulate and develop state strategies, guidelines and protocols for medical transplant and harvest in the state. He said: “The bill when passed into law will formulate and develop state strategies, guidelines and protocols for medical transplants and harvest in...
