RAJYA SABHA
The Government
of Kerala had informed the Ministry that 17 persons had sold
their kidneys at the National Hospital and the Baby Memorial
Hospital Kozhikode. Four of them were tribals from Idduki District.
As per the report of the State Government, the sale of Kidneys
was effected on economic considerations.
The National Commission
of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have informed the Ministry
that they are in the process of conducting an investigation
into this matter and that their report is yet to be finalised.
This information
was given by the Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Shri Jual
Oram in a written reply to a question from Shri A. Vijaya Raghavan
in the Rajya Sabha today.
