The director general of the Centro Cardio Neuro Oftalmológico y Trasplante, CECANOT, Federico Núñez says that nationwide the donation of organs has practically ended after the much-publicized case of 10-year old Carla Massiel. The child disappeared and the arrested suspect in the case has said she was kidnapped in a trafficking in organs operation. He said he just disposed of the body.
Interviewed on Detalle Semanal by journalist Johanna Parra, Dr. Núñez said that prior to the widely publicized case, the Cecanot had received at least 16 organ donations per day.
He said this has created major problems for those needing the donations. According to Núñez, there is a waiting list of 60 persons needing organ transplants.
Núñez refuted that the kidnapping of Carla Massiel was to rob her organs because of the complexities that transplanting organs require.
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El Nacional
20 February 2017
