audio, stills, text and or video: Go to http://www.zReportage.com to see more - The illegal trade in human kidneys and other organs has risen to such a level that an estimated 10,000 black market operations involving bought human organs occurs annually, or more than one an hour, World Health Organization experts have revealed. It has been shown by doctors worldwide that the traffickers are breaking laws intended to stop these illegal activities and are benefiting from the increased demand for replacement kidneys which in turn is being driven by the increase in diabetes worldwide. Patients, many of whom go to China, India and Pakistan for risky surgeries, will pay up to USD $200,000 for a kidney to gangs who harvest organs from vulnerable, desperate people, sometimes for as little as USD $5,000.
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Nov. 13, 2010 - Patna, Bihar, India - A nurse monitors an organ transplantation being carried out at a underground hospital which is notorious for illegal organ transplantation.
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Nov. 13, 2010 - Patna, Bihar, India - A sick man at a organ transplant section of a underground hospital which is notorious for illegal organ trade.
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Nov. 13, 2010 - Patna, Bihar, India - A man ready to undergo a organ transplantation waits at an organ transplant section of a underground hospital which is notorious for illegal organ trade.
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Nov. 13, 2010 - Patna, Bihar, India - Medical staff perform an organ transplantation at a organ transplant section of a underground hospital which is notorious for illegal organ trade.
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Nov. 13, 2010 - Patna, Bihar, India - A hospital room after organ transplantation has been carried out at a underground hospital which is notorious for illegal organ trade.
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Nov. 13, 2010 - Patna, Bihar, India - Scissors used in a organ transplant at a underground hospital which is notorious for illegal organ trade.
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Nov. 13, 2010 - Patna, Bihar, India - Children of a person undergoing a organ transplant wait at an organ transplant section of a underground hospital which is notorious for illegal organ transplantation.
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Nov. 13, 2010 - Patna, Bihar, India - A loved one of a man undergoing a organ transplantation waits with a wheelchair at a underground hospital which is notorious for illegal organ transplantation.
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Nov. 13, 2010 - Patna, Bihar, India - A boy and his mother are photographed at a organ transplant section of a underground hospital which is notorious for illegal organ trade.
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Nov. 13, 2010 - Patna, Bihar, India - A sick man lies in a hospital bed at an organ transplant section of a underground hospital which is notorious for illegal organ trade.
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Nov. 13, 2010 - Patna, Bihar, India - Third party medics at an organ transplant section of a underground hospital which is notorious for illegal organ transplantation.
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Nov. 13, 2010 - Patna, Bihar, India - Family members of a patient undergoing organ transplantation wait at a underground hospital which is notorious for illegal organ transplantation.
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