Kosovo: Organ transplant suspects arrested

Kosovo police have arrested a Turkish national suspected of involvement in illegal organ transplantation near Priština airport.

Source: Tanjug

Wednesday, 05.11.2008.

11:18

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Kosovo police have arrested a Turkish national suspected of involvement in illegal organ transplantation near Pristina airport. It was initially suspected that the man had come to the MEDICUS clinic in Pristina not for a heart check-up, but to donate a kidney. Kosovo: Organ transplant suspects arrested During a search of the MEDICUS clinic, one other patient, an Israeli national, was discovered suspected of being the intended recipient of the Turkish man’s kidney. The police arrested urologists Dr Lutfi Dervishi and Dr Tun Pervorfaj, together with clinic manager Arban Dervishi, and questioned another seven people. During the search it was established that the majority of medicines in the clinic were nearing their use-by date, while there were also blood samples not carrying any identification of origin. The Health Inspectorate and forensic medicine experts will submit a special report in the afternoon giving more details of the clinic’s operations.

Kosovo: Organ transplant suspects arrested

During a search of the MEDICUS clinic, one other patient, an Israeli national, was discovered suspected of being the intended recipient of the Turkish man’s kidney.

The police arrested urologists Dr Lutfi Dervishi and Dr Tun Pervorfaj, together with clinic manager Arban Dervishi, and questioned another seven people.

During the search it was established that the majority of medicines in the clinic were nearing their use-by date, while there were also blood samples not carrying any identification of origin.

The Health Inspectorate and forensic medicine experts will submit a special report in the afternoon giving more details of the clinic’s operations.

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