The Delhi government issued stringent directives to all the hospitals, including government hospitals after a kidney racket was busted from Apollo. Delhi Health minister Satyendar Jain issued a strict warning and said: “Hospitals that will be found violating health-related norms during kidney or liver transplantations will have to face stringent punishment.”
Jain briefing media said: “Tonight five persons including two employees of the prominent multi-speciality Apollo hospital in South-east Delhi and three touts have been arrested on charges of running a kidney
racket bringing donors from different parts of the country to the national Capital.”
The touts used to lure financially poor people from West Bengal, UP and other parts of the country for donating kidney in return of Rs 3-4 lakh and were brought to Delhi and accommodated in hotels.