Boy’s missing kidney hints at illegal organ trade in Cuttack
POSTED May 23, 2009 - 12:16 | POSTED BY Bimal Preet Kaur
Last edited by Harpreet Bhagrath on May 23, 2009 - 12:57
The boy, Abinash Sharma, underwent the surgery on Oct. 31, 2006 at the private nursing home in Bidanasi area of Cuttack. He was admitted on Oct. 26 and was discharged on Nov. 11.
The case of missing kidney
Recently, when Abinash complained of severe abdominal pain, ultra sound was performed. Reports showed that his right kidney was missing. Outraged, his father, Babuli Nath, native of Tirtol in Jagatsinghpur district, Chattisgarh, lodged an FIR with the twin city commissioner of police B K Sharma.
Police in action
Sharma instructed the inspector-in-charge of the police station at Bidanasi to do the investigation.
"The complaint is being taken most seriously and the probe has started," said a police spokesperson.
The authorities have started acting on the complaint by forming a medical team led by the superintendent of SCB Medical College and Hospital.
The team will examine the boy and submit the medical report based on which the next action will be taken, said A N Sinha, DCP, Cuttack. He added that since the operation took place three years ago it is a complicated case.
B N Mishra, the doctor who had performed the appendicitis surgery of Abinash, was interrogated by police for three hours at Bidanasi police station and operation documents were seized from him.
Mishra says that the allegations are rubbish. He confirmed that he had performed the surgery three years ago, accompanied by two other doctors.
Nath maintains that Abinash has not undergone any surgery after the one in 2006.
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