Syed Arsalan Ahmed Naqvi|B. Ali|Farida Mazhar|Mirza Naqi Zafar|Syed Adibul Hasan Rizvi
A socioeconomic survey of kidney vendors in Pakistan
Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation|Civil Hospital Karachi
recent years pakistan emerged one largest centres commerce tourism renal transplantation kidney vendors belong punjab eastern pakistan agricultural heartland 34 people live poverty line report results socioeconomic health survey 239 kidney vendors mean age 336 72 years mf 351 mean nephrectomy period 48 23 years ninety per cent vendors illiterate sixtynine per cent bonded labourers virtual slaves landlords labourers 12 housewives 85 unemployed 11 monthly income us154 89 211 dependents per family majority 93 vended debt repayment mean debt 13114 819 mean agreed sale price 1737 262 however received 1377 196 deduction hospital travel expenses postvending 88 economic improvement lives 98 reported deterioration general health status future vending encouraged 35 pay debts freedom bondage study gives snapshot kidney vendors pakistan impoverished people many bondage examples modern day slavery remain exploited law bondage implemented new laws introduced ban commerce transplant tourism pakistan