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Cheap 'organ transplants' scam exposed
Mon, Jun 09, 2008
The Star

A GROUP of con men in Kuala Lumpur are advertising "organ transplant" operations, which would take just 10 minutes and cost as low as RM150.

According to Metro Ahad, a centre from which these men operated from had seen many visits from members of the public eager for a miracle cure.

In an investigative report, the tabloid found that many of the surgical procedures were allegedly done on "patients" with only a razor after they were injected with a grey liquid claimed to be anaesthetic.

One of the victims of the scam, Hamzah, 40, said that during his visit to the centre in Rawang, a doctor told him that that he would receive a new kidney from a Myanmar donor.

Hamzah said he saw the doctor cut out a lump from his body but he did not experience any pain. The procedure only took 20 minutes.

But when his health did not improve, he realised he had been conned.

The Star/Asia News Network

 

 
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