Sun May 26 10:06:10 SAST 2013
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Eyes missing from bodies at Indian state hospital

Apr 17, 2012 | Sapa-AP | 4 comments

A north Indian state is investigating how eyes have gone missing from two bodies at state hospitals.

Picture taken from www.fooyoh.com

Uttar Pradesh official Achche Lal says organ traffickers are suspected and new autopsies are planned.

The parents of a 16-year-old say his left eye was missing Sunday, though both eyes were intact when he died from a road accident in Lucknow. The boy's father, Sohan Lal, said doctors told him "the eye might have fallen out."

Relatives of a rickshaw puller who died Monday from asthma filed a police complaint after finding his body with no eyes. A state hospital worker and two paramedics were arrested.

Ophthalmologist N.B. Singh says government waiting lists for eye transplants are up to six years long, while private hospitals charge at least $500.

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Apr 17, 2012

WordofGod

maybe a wetse ka mo gare, dig properly...
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Apr 17, 2012

Iwe

People should be eye donors, a lot of ppl need those to survive. What"s the point of beaing buried with an organ that others can have a life with...these are the result ...they will steal big time.
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Apr 18, 2012

spokowee

@iwe yah people must become donors, nna i thought about becoming a donor but im little bit scared because our hospitals are very lazy what if they declare me braindead and im not.
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Apr 18, 2012

tlebebe

body parts trafficking scams, ke babohlale ba bohlabela, they dont respact the dead.
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