The father of a Vietnamese man who is now in a vegetative state after selling his kidney in China has asked Ho Chi Minh City authorities to investigate what may be an organ selling racket.
In a complaint sent to the municipal Police Department and the Prosecutors’ Office, To Cong Son, father of 22-year-old To Cong Luan, said Vietnamese citizens had lured his son into selling a kidney in China.
Luan, currently at HCMC’s Hospital for Convalescence, Rehabilitation and Occupational Diseases, had his kidney removed in China months ago before checking into Cho Ray Hospital, Vietnam’s largest, on April 2.
Hospital records said that careless surgery and post-operation had caused a severe blood shortage and brain damage.
Luan is a hemophiliac and the report said that the surgeons most likely did not take this into account.
Doctors said that as of last Sunday, Luan’s condition had not improved since checking into the hospital on April 24.
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In the complaint, Son – a resident of coastal town of Phan Rang in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan – said he went to HCMC to visit Luan, who was studying in the southern hub, but could not contact his son.
Luan’s girlfriend, Ho Thi Khanh Minh, 18, told Son that Luan had gone to China to work as an electrician.
It wasn’t until March, according to Son, that he heard more of the story when Minh phoned him explaining that she was in China taking care of Luan who was seriously ill.
Then on April 2, Minh called Son to tell him that Luan was under emergency care at Cho Ray.
Son went to visit Luan immediately and was shocked to find that his son was insensible, skinny and had amateur-looking incisions in his belly.
Son said his family had a history of hemophilia and that Luan’s elder brother had died of the disease.
He said that his son must have been tricked into selling his kidney as Luan knew that his disease could cause severe complications and even death if he were operated on improperly.
“My son must have been cheated,” Son said
Meanwhile, Minh has also filed a complaint at the Go Vap District Police Department, accusing a woman called Nguyen Thi Thuy of enticing Luan to sell his kidney in China for VND50 million (roughly $3,000).
After months without hearing from Luan, who had told her he went to China to work as an electrician, Minh said Thuy offered to take her to meet Luan in late February.
Thuy and Minh traveled to the northern province of Lang Son, bordering China, where Minh was introduced to a Chinese man named Bach Phong, who then took her to a hospital in China’s Guangzhou province to see Luan.
Luan was already insensible and had many incisions on his body by the time she met him, Minh said.
Minh cared for Luan at the hospital for 45 days.
But Phong soon told her to bring Luan back to Vietnam as he “could not afford the treatment” in China any more.
Phong gave Minh VND20 million ($1,200) so she and Luan could return home.
He told Minh to meet Thuy in Vietnam to receive VND100 million ($6,200) for the sale of Luan’s kidney.
However, the woman has not handed over the money to Minh yet, she said.
Lieutenant-colonel Tra Van Lao, deputy head of Go Vap District Police, said his department was investigating the case and was awaiting further directions from the municipal department.
Earlier this year, police in the southern province of Soc Trang began investigating an alleged ring sending local people to China to sell their kidneys illegally, but no conclusions from the case have been made available.
In a complaint sent to the municipal Police Department and the Prosecutors’ Office, To Cong Son, father of 22-year-old To Cong Luan, said Vietnamese citizens had lured his son into selling a kidney in China.
Luan, currently at HCMC’s Hospital for Convalescence, Rehabilitation and Occupational Diseases, had his kidney removed in China months ago before checking into Cho Ray Hospital, Vietnam’s largest, on April 2.
Hospital records said that careless surgery and post-operation had caused a severe blood shortage and brain damage.
Luan is a hemophiliac and the report said that the surgeons most likely did not take this into account.
Doctors said that as of last Sunday, Luan’s condition had not improved since checking into the hospital on April 24.
The story
In the complaint, Son – a resident of coastal town of Phan Rang in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan – said he went to HCMC to visit Luan, who was studying in the southern hub, but could not contact his son.
Luan’s girlfriend, Ho Thi Khanh Minh, 18, told Son that Luan had gone to China to work as an electrician.
It wasn’t until March, according to Son, that he heard more of the story when Minh phoned him explaining that she was in China taking care of Luan who was seriously ill.
Then on April 2, Minh called Son to tell him that Luan was under emergency care at Cho Ray.
Son went to visit Luan immediately and was shocked to find that his son was insensible, skinny and had amateur-looking incisions in his belly.
Son said his family had a history of hemophilia and that Luan’s elder brother had died of the disease.
He said that his son must have been tricked into selling his kidney as Luan knew that his disease could cause severe complications and even death if he were operated on improperly.
“My son must have been cheated,” Son said
Meanwhile, Minh has also filed a complaint at the Go Vap District Police Department, accusing a woman called Nguyen Thi Thuy of enticing Luan to sell his kidney in China for VND50 million (roughly $3,000).
After months without hearing from Luan, who had told her he went to China to work as an electrician, Minh said Thuy offered to take her to meet Luan in late February.
Thuy and Minh traveled to the northern province of Lang Son, bordering China, where Minh was introduced to a Chinese man named Bach Phong, who then took her to a hospital in China’s Guangzhou province to see Luan.
Luan was already insensible and had many incisions on his body by the time she met him, Minh said.
Minh cared for Luan at the hospital for 45 days.
But Phong soon told her to bring Luan back to Vietnam as he “could not afford the treatment” in China any more.
Phong gave Minh VND20 million ($1,200) so she and Luan could return home.
He told Minh to meet Thuy in Vietnam to receive VND100 million ($6,200) for the sale of Luan’s kidney.
However, the woman has not handed over the money to Minh yet, she said.
Lieutenant-colonel Tra Van Lao, deputy head of Go Vap District Police, said his department was investigating the case and was awaiting further directions from the municipal department.
Earlier this year, police in the southern province of Soc Trang began investigating an alleged ring sending local people to China to sell their kidneys illegally, but no conclusions from the case have been made available.
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