Human Organs for Sale
Nine National Police investigators combed through the files of hundreds of former patients in the medical records room of Cipto Mangunkusumo Kencana Hospital (RSCM Kencana) in Central Jakarta two weeks ago. Aided by some of the medical staff, they were searching for data on 14 people who underwent kidney transplants from 2013 to 2015 at RSCM Kencana, the country's largest state-run hospital.
The search was part of an investigation into suspected illegal trading of human kidneys. "It took eight hours for the investigators to find the needed documents," said Adj. Sr. Comr. Arie Darmanto, who heads the National Police human-trafficking crime unit, last week. "Those data are the key."
February 16, 2016
Nine National Police investigators combed through the files of hundreds of former patients in the medical records room of Cipto Mangunkusumo Kencana Hospital (RSCM Kencana) in Central Jakarta two weeks ago. Aided by some of the medical staff, they were searching for data on 14 people who underwent kidney transplants from 2013 to 2015 at RSCM Kencana, the country's largest state-run hospital.
The search was part of an investigation into suspected
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