The Joint Director of Health Services and a team of officials in Tiruchi inspected the premises of a private hospital in the city named in the probe into the illegal kidney transplant racket busted in Maharashtra recently and submitted a report to District Collector V Saravanan on Friday.
Sources in the department told The Hindu that the team visited STAR KIMS Hospital in Thillai Nagar, whose director Rajratnam Govindaswamy was identified as one of the two surgeons involved in the missile attack.
Dr. Govindaswamy allegedly charged ₹20 million for performing illegal transplant surgeries.
“During our spot check on Friday, we found only five administrative staff in the hospital. There were no patients or doctors there. We have questioned the staff and recorded their statements. Our report has been forwarded to the collector for action,” said a senior official.
The investigation arose out of a complaint filed by Roshan Kude, a farmer from Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, who allegedly sold his kidney in Cambodia to repay a loan taken from local moneylenders.
The probe uncovered an all-India kidney transplant network involving agents, donors, doctors and hospitals.
Published – 02 Jan 2026 20:27 IST
