Nepal’s Kidney Valley exposes shocking organ trafficking as villagers sell kidneys to survive
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News18 English•02/12/2025
Nepal’s Kidney Valley exposes shocking organ trafficking as villagers sell kidneys to survive
- •Hokse, a village in Nepal, is known as Kidney Valley due to most residents having only one kidney.
- •Extreme poverty has forced many villagers to sell a kidney for survival, often for as little as ₹2,000.
- •Rampant human organ trafficking in the area targets the poor, with traffickers tricking or coercing residents into unsafe surgeries.
Why it matters: This highlights the urgent need for global action against organ trafficking and poverty in Hokse.
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