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R. L. Mishra, Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare speaks about organ transplant in India, he says, "Today they are coming here not because better treatment facilities are available but because cheap kidneys are available now once the ban on trading is there then cheap kidneys would not be available and in any case most of the foreigners would be trying to get it from unrelated donors". The Government of India introduced a bill in the last session of Parliament in which a comprehensive legislation on the human organ transplant was proposed the Secretary to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is firm that such a bill is necessary and long overdue. R. L. Mishra, Secretary, Health, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare speaks about organ transplant in India, he says, "There has