ILLEGAL ORGAN TRAFFICKING

Illegal Organ Trafficking Poses A Global Problem

Illegal Organ Trafficking Poses A Global Problem

Introduction

Illegal trade in bodies is certainly not new. There are stories about it especially since the nineteenth century, when the study of anatomy gained citizenship card. The leap got fueled by dramatic growth in demand for the human body parts, whether for scientific research, pharmacology and medical education, such as transplant surgery or for so-called reparative. On the other hand, the offer within the legal framework is not even close to that demand briefly this nest has grown in international trade bodies, fed by networks of firms and industries, logistics and distribution lines and, finally, numerous outlets, although all countries world except China and Iran, considered illegal trade in the human body parts.

Discussion

The WHO says organ trafficking is “fuelled by growing demand as well as unscrupulous traffickers.” People are living longer, and medical technology has improved to help diagnose conditions like kidney failure more quickly (Nullis-Kapp, 2004). Most of the countries have more people who need organs than they do organ donors. Many of the organs have been “harvested” in places such as India, South Africa, China, and South and Central America, with or without the consent of the “donors.” There's plenty of money to be made. Sellers of kidneys are said to be paid about $2,500 to $3,000, and recipients pay anywhere from $100,000 to $200,000 (Taylor, 2006).

Citizens of impoverished nations or regions are often tempted to sell one of their kidneys on the black market. In some cases, these entrepreneurial donors got recruited (or learn through word-of-mouth and volunteer) and flown to another nation, where the organ is removed in a makeshift operating room. (Scheve, 2005)

It is impossible because the occurrence of any vital organ transplants, including kidney, which is easier to be done involves the participation of a very large group of professionals in the preparation of the recipient. The donor selection in the surgical extraction of the organ donor; and its implementation in the receiver, very delicate postoperative care and follow-up short, medium and long term very narrow, with repeated laboratory tests and imaging. Numerous hospitalizations for biopsies and the need to take lifelong immunosuppressive drugs a variety of restricted and tightly controlled.

What does exist is the "trafficking". They are usually poor people who got trafficked by the rich to subject them to exploitative labor or sexual exploitation and in the case of children for adoption. (Singh, 1997)

The Rumors related to Organ trafficking

The consequences of these rumors are very harmful as they sow mistrust of the population in relation to transplants and indirectly lead to a decrease in the rate of cadaveric donations, increasing the number of patients on the waiting list, prolonging their stay and increasing mortality.

Rumors related to the trafficking of organs and published in the national press in the early years of the last decade, contributed negatively in the treatment of the Law on Transplants; and significantly delayed its enactment in ...