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r cadavers failed to meet the burgeoning demand. Several studies have confirmed that the survival rate, after a kidney transplant from a living unrelated donor, far exceeded that from a cadaver .A combination of all these factors initiated the organ trade boom.

Kidney vending has a legal shroud in some nations, while in others it is illegal. Corruption is widespread in countries where kidney transplants are linked to commerce. In several countries there is an acute shortage of kidneys due to the existing laws and due to the high standards that prevail in the implementation of these laws. But such a situation is often transformed into a boom in the organ trade in the neighboring countries. People who need a kidney transplant are willing to travel great distances to acquire the organ, in order to add a few more years to their fading lives.

Therefore patients who are in dire need of a transplant, travel to developing countries such as India - where the kidney trade has prospered, thanks to the perilous combination of trained medical personnel who are willing to compromise on ethics, a large population living on the edge of poverty and a system that makes a mockery of the laws or the lack of it. All these features have blended well to make India the ‘Kidney Trade Center’ of the world. Other Asian countries such as Pakistan, Philippines, China and Taiwan too indulge in this organ trade.

Law and its Loopholes

Several kidney rackets have been busted in the past years after the media played a major role in highlighting the exploitation of the ignorant masses under dubious circumstances. The Indian Government banned kidney trafficking and passed an Act in 1994 whereby an unrelated individual may donate, provided there is no commercial angle to the donation. Sub Clause (3) under Clause 9, Chapter II of the Transplantation of Human Organ Act reads as follows
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