Conakry – Col. Moussa Tiegboro, Guinea’s Secretary of State for Special Services and the Fight against Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime, said on Wednesday that some Guineans sold their kidneys for 10,000 dollars.

Camara, who was speaking on National Radio also said the phenomenon was more prevalent
in rural areas.

“People of bad faith, driven by easy gains, drive uneducated people to sell their kidneys, and these organs are exported for a fortune. The organ removal surgeries take place in huts, even outdoors, with people who have no qualifications whatsoever,” Camara lamented.

Having recently visited some clinics in Conakry, particularly in neighbourhoods where Chinese doctors offer their services to patients considered poor, Camara said he had all structures that do not meet required standards closed with the support of the Ministry of Health.

According to him, following his visit to the clinics, patients who were operated on in makeshift clinics were transfered to specialist centres.

“The makeshift clinics kill as much as drugs, and these are at the heart of my struggle,” said Camara.(PANA/NAN)