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Selling kidneys to beat starvation in Bengal
March 09, 2012

In these arid, impoverished parts, Bindol has another name -kidney village. The wasted, skeletal men and women you would see slumped under the shade of trees are awaiting death with feeble breaths. This is the kidney sale capital of the state, perhaps of the country.

 

Every second home here has someone who has sold his kidney to escapestarvation. Many die within years. Now, the dying men have started forcing their wives to give up a kidney. 

 

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