LAHORE: Three people, including a doctor and a patient, were arrested Friday night here from the city for involvement in illegal kidney transplantation process, police said.
Those arrested were Dr Khalid Mahmood and patient Rehmat Ali, a resident of Okara, authorities stated.
The doctors had illegally transplanted Ali’s kidney(s), police noted, adding that he is under treatment at Sheikh Zayed Hospital.
A case was subsequently filed under the name of the director of the Human Organs Transplant Authority (HOTA).
