Thursday, September 16, 2010

Netcare implicated in kidney syndicate

Lusanda Bill
16 September 2010

Netcare have been implicated in international organ syndicate.

The head of South Africa’s leading private hospital group has been charged for his involvement in an international kidneys-for-sale syndicate.

Ten people including Netcare CEO Richard Friedland have been served summons.

The charges include more than a hundred counts of fraud, counts of serious assault and counts of contravening the Human Tissues Act and Prevention of Organised Crime Act.

All the eleven people will be appearing in a Durban court in November.

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