let's see: the poor countries export the organs for transplant, with people (especially criminals) from rich countries as recipients, and US hospitals as the middlemen?
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-me-ucla30-2008may30,0,7482511.story >From the Los Angeles Times A TIMES INVESTIGATION / Four Japanese gang figures got liver transplants at UCLA The recipients included one of Japan's most powerful crime bosses. Some in the medical community worry the revelation will have a chilling effect on organ donations. By John M. Glionna and Charles Ornstein Los Angeles Times Staff Writers / May 30, 2008 UCLA Medical Center and its most accomplished liver surgeon provided a life-saving transplant to one of Japan's most powerful gang bosses, law enforcement sources told The Times. In addition, the surgeon performed liver transplants at UCLA on three other men who are now barred from entering the United States because of their criminal records or suspected affiliation with Japanese organized crime groups, said a knowledgeable law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The four surgeries were done between 2000 and 2004 at a time of pronounced organ scarcity. In each of those years, more than 100 patients died awaiting liver transplants in the Greater Los Angeles region. The surgeon in each case was Dr. Ronald W. Busuttil, executive chairman of UCLA's surgery department, according to another person familiar with the matter who also spoke on condition of anonymity. Busuttil is a world-renowned liver surgeon who co-edited a leading text on liver transplantation and is one of the highest-paid employees in the University of California system. <elllipsis> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Times' Tokyo bureau and staff writer Teresa Watanabe in Los Angeles contributed to this report. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
