Health Ministry appoints committee to probe kidney transplant racket

 

The Ministry of Health has appointed a seven-member committee to investigate into the organ transplant racket.

The Health Ministry has also temporarily suspended all organ transplants at the private hospital in question pending the completion of the inquiry.

The committee includes five specialist doctors and is chaired by a Deputy Director General of Health Services, says the Director General of Health Services, Dr.Asela Gunawardene.

The Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella has instructed the Director General of Health Services and the Secretary of the Ministry of Health to carry out a thorough investigation into the allegations based on the information and media reports with regard to the matter.