It's estimated that one Australian every six weeks buys a human organ on the black market.
Patients travel overseas for transplant surgeries and return with infections and other complications, putting pressure on the health system.
A parliamentary inquiry has now recommended mandatory reporting for doctors who suspect their patients have left the country to buy an organ.
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Professor Jeremy Chapman, head, Renal Department, Westmead Hospital
Professor Angela Webster, kidney transplant specialist
Professor Toby Coates, director of kidney transplantation, Royal Adelaide Hospital
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