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

Name: PBS Frontline/World
Web: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/ External site opens in new window

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