Doctors Accused Of LIVE Kidney Removal

[matcom]

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THE Moscow prosecutor's office early today accused four Russian doctors who had tried to remove a live patient's kidneys for a transplant, of having "prepared a murder", Russian news agencies reported.

The 50-year-old man had been hospitalised last month for cranial traumatism, but when police arrived at the hospital they discovered that he had been taken away from the intensive care unit and that doctors were getting ready to remove his kidneys.

One of the doctors, transplant specialist Pyotr Pyatnichuk, was charged with attempted murder, a prosecutor's office official said.

His three colleagues, transplant specialist Bayrma Shagduriva and doctors Irina Lirtsman and Lyubov Pravdenko, were expected to be formally charged within five days.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9419671%255E13762,00.html

[MichaelHarris]

1. I'm

very partial to my kidneys

[Luvpurp]

4. God I love Monty Python

[MSgt213]

2. That had to have hurt.

[matcom]

3. AND leave a mark

:)

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. But you have a signed kidney donor card

:-)