National Transplant Committee Chairman Budi Sampurno: No Kidney Donor System Is In Place
The government faces difficulties accommodating kidney donors and recipients. The need for kidney donors is high, but the supply is very limited.
Ihsan Reliubun
August 7, 2023
THE Jakarta Police Department uncovered a kidney trading syndicate in Bekasi, West Java, last July. Members of this network are suspected of sending hundreds of people to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, since 2019 to undergo kidney transplant. Victims are enticed with payment of up to hundreds of millions of rupiah.
National Transplant Committee Chairman Budi Sampurno said that the sale of organs is prohibited in all countries. The modus operandi of the p
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