Indian Transplant Newsletter Vol. IV Issue NO.13. Oct 2002 - Feb 2003
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India Protests Kidney removal from Indian in Bahrain

Indian Transplant Newsletter.
Vol. IV Issue NO.13. Oct 2002 - Feb 2003
Print ISSN 0972 - 1568
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Bringing into prominence the extremely delicate scenario in which organ donation takes place and the importance of the family in giving consent was an incident that took place in Bahrain in July 2002. D. Vinod Kumar 28, from Kerala was critically injured in a road accident in Manama, Bahrain on July 27.  He was certified brain dead by three separate team of doctors on July 3 and 4. The health minister of Bahrain, Faisal al Mousawi, exercised his legal right for the first time to give permission within 24hours of Kumar being declared brain dead. The kidneys were transplanted into two Bahraini women the following day. The Indian Embassy Charge d’ Affaires S.L. Sagar said the Indian Embassy was informed about Kumar’s death and was requested to contact his family for permission to remove the kidney at 8 am on July 6, even as the transplant surgery was already under way.

A formal protest letter was handed over by Mr. Sagar to Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry assistant undersecretary for political affairs and International cooperation, Ahmed a Haddad. The letter said. “when we informed Kumar’s relatives about it, they were very upset and annoyed. Their social and religious sentiments were deeply hurt, as it was against their faith.”


To cite : Shroff S, Navin S. India Protests Kidney removal from Indian in Bahrain. Indian Transplant Newsletter Vol. IV Issue NO.13. Oct 2002 - Feb 2003.
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