India: A Pound of Flesh - Selling Kidneys to Survive

Synopsis

Samantha Grant heads to Chennai in southern India to explore the illicit kidney trade. Travelling between India’s high-tech center of Bangalore and the slums to the south, Grant spoke to government officials, doctors, kidney brokers and donors to try to find out why so many people are still getting paid to give up their kidneys even though a law was passed 12 years ago to heavily regulate the practice.

Series

Rough Cut

Language

English

Country

United States

Year of release

2006

Year of production

2006

Notes

Broadcast in the USA on PBS in June 2006

Documentation

Related websites giving background and further information and links at http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2006/07/india_a_pound_o.html and http://marketplace.publicradio.org/shows/2006/07/20/PM200607206.html

Subjects

Development studies; Medical sciences

Keywords

India; kidney transplant; medical ethics; poverty; organ donation

Online availability

URI

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2006/07/india_a_pound_o.html

Price

free, 11 minutes

Delivery

Streamed

Credits

Contributor

Samantha Grant

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Distributor

Name

PBS Frontline/World

Web

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/ External site opens in new window