Five medicos arrested in connection of Kidney racket in Mumbai, get bail today on personal bond of Rs 30000 each by Andheri magistrate’s court. All doctors, including the CEO and Medical Director of the reputed L.H. Hiranandani Hospital in Powai, were arrested by Mumbai police recently. They have been accused of being involved in illegal trade and sale of kidneys.
Police are probing around 30 transplants conducted at the hospital in the past one year. Following the expose, the Maharashtra Directorate of Health Services set up a committee of medical experts which found irregularities related to at least four kidney transplant cases at the hospital.