A 314-page government report named him for criminal prosecution. International broadcasters documented his victims. And then Parliament’s Health Committee secretariat, helmed by clerk Adan Sora Gindicha, produced a report that cleared him. Someone needs to explain why.
“If it means us revoking that citizenship because your citizenship is not by birth, we will revoke the citizenship. We will cross your hospitals and we will deport you,” he stated directly.
While other hospitals charged an average of Sh990,743 per procedure, Mediheal’s mean bill was Sh2,313,324—a staggering 133 percent premium that investigators say “suggests potential billing irregularities.”
Many of these donors, investigators say, were not even from Kenya. A striking number were young Azeri men, systematically recruited to supply kidneys to Israeli recipients, none of whom donated organs themselves.
Since committee chairman James Nyikal opened the inquiry on April 22 with a 90-day deadline, the investigation has ground to a virtual halt.
The investigation uncovered evidence of what appears to be a transnational organ trafficking network with tentacles reaching across continents.
The investigation has also revealed that most kidney donors came from Mountain, Northern and Rift regions, with people having names with Mt. Kenya backgrounds being the most frequent donors.
President William Ruto has suspended Dr. Swarup Mishra as the chairperson of the Kenya BioVax Institute, effective immediately. In a statement released on Friday, Ruto clarified that the suspension will remain in place until the completion of an investigation into allegations of unlawful kidney transplant procedures conducted at a hospital he founded.o said the suspension […]
Investigations reveal exploitation of vulnerable donors, endangering their health and damaging Kenya’s medical reputation. Such practices undermine trust in voluntary organ donation, fostering a dangerous black market.
Mediheal Hospital doesn’t seem to catch a breath anymore from complaints and accusations from patients. A doctor at the Mediheal Diagnostic and Fertility Centre Limited, a subsidiary of Mediheal Group of Hospitals owned by Indian born self-declared obstetric gynaecologist from Odisha, India, cum politician Dr. Swarup Ranjan Mishra, former Kesses Member of Parliament (MP) have […]
