The debate continues on whether desperate people should be allowed to pay people for their organs rather than depend on family members, the unfortunate death of someone unknown or the kindness of strangers, consider the traffic in organs in those countries where transplants are not regulated.
Organ business in Egypt 'worse than slavery'.
"It's the worst kind of business in Egypt. It's worse than slavery," said Queita, who had no comprehensive statistics but said that one Cairo clinic had a waiting list of 1,500 people willing to sell their organs.
"I don't want the poor turned into spare parts for the rich. ... People are coming from all over to buy organs in Egypt. They're mainly Gulf Arabs. If you're a rich man from the Gulf, you go to a private Egyptian hospital that has contacts with organ brokers. Serious cases of poverty in this country are causing an increase in the theft and sale of organs."