South Africa: Hospital Convicted for Unlawful Transplants

10 November 2010

Pretoria — The St Augustine's Hospital, also known as Netcare KwaZulu (Pty) Limited, has been convicted on charges mainly relating to illegal surgeries whereby human kidneys were illegally acquired and transplanted.

According to the South African Police Service, the conviction of a hospital in respect of human tissue cases such as this one may be the first in the world.

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