Apropos of a report pub­­l­ished in Dawn on Monday un­der the headline, ‘Organ trafficking: doctors, police and middlemen’, the Shafi Medical City Hospital (SMCH), Lahore, has described as incorrect some of the contents of the report.

According to a press release, the hospital administered only 29 kidney transplant operations last year. All documents and approval of government departments and regulatory bodies were obtained before conducting these operations, the statement said.

Published in Dawn, January 18th, 2017