Trading human organs: 'Clear Malaysia's name'
A group of kidney doctors have lodged a police report, urging authorities to launch a "detailed and professional" investigation to clear the air over allegations that Malaysia is involved in an international organ trafficking syndicate.

The joint report was made by Malaysian Society of Transplantation president Dr Harjit Singh, Malaysian Society of Nephrology president Dr Wong Hin Seng, and Consumer Association of Subang and Shah Alam (CASSA) president Jacob George. Read more

Archbishop of Wales, Dr. Barry Morgan, Discusses Organ Donation
The Archbishop of Wales caused uproar last week when he said plans to introduce presumed consent to the organ donation law would turn "volunteers into conscripts". Here, he defends his view, which transplant patients have described as "un-Christian. Read More

Health Ministry to Look Into Kidney Trade Allegation
The alleged involvement of Malaysian hospitals in illegal kidney trade will see the health ministry liaising with the federal police to launch an investigation. Read more

Life after Donating an Organ
LEE Leong Kim, who underwent an ABO-incompatible transplant more than two months ago and received his wife's kidney, is now worried that she may be unable to get insurance coverage after the donation. This article takes a look at the benefits and protection accorded to life donors in Malaysia. Read more

Catholic Ethicist Calls for Transparency in Organ Donor Controversy
A top Catholic ethicist is calling for donor guidelines that are clear to the public after a proposal was made to allow surgeons to retrieve organs from donors less than two minutes after their hearts stop beating. Read more

Local Girl Near Death is Saved by Double-Lung Transplant
Addision "Addie" Rerecich was so ill and her young lungs so damaged that she spent more than three months hooked up to an external lung that breathed for her. The head of pediatric intensive care at the Diamond Children's Medical Center, where Addie has been hospitalized for the past four months, says in his 20 years of practicing medicine, he's never had a patient hooked up to the external lung life support system for so long. Read more