Govt sets up probe panel, report in 15 days

New Delhi: The Delhi government on Monday set up a five-member panel to investigate the kidney racket busted at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital recently. The committee will submit its report within 15 days.
Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain said the panel would probe whether there were procedural lapses on the part of the hospital.
The panel, headed by Dr D K Tampe, dean of Maulana Azad Medical College, has been asked to submit an interim report within a week.
"A special panel will investigate whether laid-down approval protocols were followed by the hospital or not. It will also re-examine the documents and the interview conducted by the authorisation committee of the hospital concerned," said a senior government official.
Jain added that the committee would give suggestions to update the list of guiding principles and highlight the best practices in the area of organ donation.
"The committee is directed to submit an interim report regarding the five cases of organ sale detected so far within one week and a detailed report within a fortnight," said an order issued by the health and family welfare department.
With the arrest of five persons, including the two personal secretaries of a nephrologist of Apollo Hospital, police have unearthed a major kidney trading racket last week.
They allegedly forged documents to create an impression that the donors and the recipients were relatives.
In a statement, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals said, "We are cooperating and providing them (cops) all information required in their investigation. This matter is of grave concern and our teams are extending all support to the police."