Philippines to ban commercial sales of kidneys to foreigners

The Philippine Department of Health will ban commercial sales of kidneys of the Filipinos to foreigners under the guise of medical tourism. The Department has asked hospitals to strictly follow the existing rules on kidney donation and transplantation that limit to 10 percent the number of foreign transplant patients. The government will investigate and punish members of the medical community who promote commercial organ donation and violate the rules, said Health Secretary Francisco Duque III.