Bistado ang ilegal na bentahan ng bato at ilegal na kidney transplant na kinasasangkutan ng isang nurse ng National Kidney and Transplant Institute.
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00:00Good evening, Zombie Science and Mindanao.
00:04The illegal sale of stones and the illegal kidney transplant
00:12is being carried out by a nurse of the National Kidney and Transplant Institute or NKTI.
00:19A house in Bulacan was raided where some people donated stones
00:24even though only a few of them recovered.
00:27One of the victims was only paid Php 2,000
00:31even though he was promised Php 200,000.
00:35Three people were arrested.
00:37John Consulta was the target.
00:42I don't have a cell phone.
00:44All cell phones are dead.
00:46This house was raided by the NBI-NCR in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan
00:50where the victims of organ trafficking are being hidden.
00:55On the second floor of the house,
00:57some of the victims were already in the NBI-NCR
00:59and some of them were operated on the kidney.
01:02Are you the new victim?
01:05What's your name?
01:07Are you the NBI-NCR?
01:08Are you the new victim?
01:09Yes, I am.
01:10Just relax.
01:11Some of the victims were also recovered
01:13from the kidney transplant
01:15which was hidden because of a tip from an informant.
01:19The kidney was recovered.
01:21They didn't pay for it.
01:23The place where the organs were recovered was taught.
01:31When we established that there was a place
01:37where the trafficked victims are being housed,
01:40we coordinated with the DSWD.
01:44Three people were arrested while four of them were operated on.
01:50They are being recruited in a Facebook group.
01:53They conduct the extraction and transfer of their kidneys
01:57to various hospitals.
01:59Most of them are Filipino.
02:02Most?
02:03Yes, yes.
02:04But there are others?
02:05But we got information that there are also foreigners.
02:09They are there for three to four months.
02:11All the procedures are inclusive.
02:14For example, they cross-match the recipient of the kidney
02:19and get it recovered after the operation.
02:23The suspects who were arrested also sold their kidneys
02:26due to the high demand.
02:28They were able to facilitate 20 kidney transplants within a year.
02:33The ones who became the recipients.
02:35Your clients?
02:36Yes.
02:37There are professionals.
02:40Politicians?
02:41There are also some.
02:43The son of a politician.
02:44The son of a politician.
02:45I know him.
02:46I have a sense of responsibility.
02:48But I'm just here for my children.
02:51I will do everything for my two children.
02:53According to NBI-NCR, the group's modus is that
02:57the family members of the kidney recipients
03:01will be the kidney donors who have been with them for a long time
03:06so that they can be admitted to the hospital
03:09and get the kidney transplant done.
03:12According to NBI,
03:13a head nurse of the National Kidney and Transplant Institute, or NKTI,
03:18is the brainchild of the group.
03:20That's where she got the customers.
03:24Because she has access to the lists of people who need a kidney transplant.
03:31Yes, sir.
03:32For now, NBI is investigating other medical professionals
03:36involved in the Kidney for Sale scheme.
03:39So far, three doctors have been identified for the Kidney for Sale scheme.
03:44The 20-year-old who received a kidney
03:47is currently experiencing double pain.
03:50He was only paid Php 2,000.
03:53That's far from the amount he promised to enroll in the hospital.
03:57How much did he promise you?
03:59Php 200,000.
04:00Php 200,000.
04:01And he was only paid Php 200,000.
04:03They said it's okay if one kidney is lost.
04:07The complaint of the Expanded Anti-Human Trafficking Act
04:11was filed against the two arrested
04:12and the head nurse of NKTI,
04:14who is still at large until now.
04:16The penalty is severe.
04:2020 years imprisonment and a fine of Php 1 million up to Php 2 million.
04:28So this is non-bailable.
04:31NKTI confirmed that their employee,
04:34the nurse mentioned by NBI,
04:36is already investigating the issue.
04:40In addition,
04:41they are only recognizing the transaction
04:43involving organ donation and transplant.
04:47This is not a new trend
04:50because this was also discussed in 1999
04:53in Jessica Soho's P-Body winning eyewitness documentary,
04:58Kidney for Sale.
05:00For JMA Integrated News,
05:02John Consulta,
05:03Nakatutok,
05:0424 Hours.