A former Member of Parliament and founder of Mediheal Hospital, Swarup Mishra, is now at the center of a serious criminal investigation after an independent committee recommended his arrest and prosecution for allegedly participating in illegal organ trafficking activities.
The 13-member investigative team, which was set up to look into questionable organ and tissue transplant procedures at Mediheal, presented its final report to Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale on Tuesday, July 22.
In the report, the task force accused Mishra of being part of a global organ trafficking network that allegedly operated through his hospital.
According to the findings, there were massive irregularities and suspicious patterns involving hundreds of organ transplants at the facility. The committee analyzed records from 452 organ donors and 447 recipients across several health institutions, with the majority of those cases traced back to Mediheal Hospital between 2018 and early 2025.
The data showed that the hospital performed transplants on 417 donors and 340 recipients during that period. Strikingly, about 75% of the patients were male.
Furthermore, 44% of the recipients were Kenyan citizens, 16.8% were foreigners, and 38% were individuals whose nationalities could not be determined. Among the non-Kenyans, recipients came primarily from Israel and Uganda, with others hailing from Somalia, Burundi, Ethiopia, Germany, and the United States.
Cabinet Secretary Duale, while receiving the report, noted that the committee had clearly outlined the next steps, including who should be held responsible, how to amend existing laws, and ways to address both the ethical and moral questions surrounding organ transplants in the country.
One major red flag raised in the report was the inconsistency in the signatures of kidney donors, suggesting possible forgery or coercion. Some of the donors and recipients were also oddly recorded as “mutual friends,” casting doubt on the legitimacy of the arrangements.
The report also revealed that a single surgeon and one anaesthesiologist were involved in operating on as many as 24 transplant patients within just 14 days—an alarming number that raised serious concerns about patient safety and the quality of medical care provided.
In addition to calling for criminal charges against Mishra, the committee has also recommended that three other doctors associated with the scandal be investigated and prosecuted for their roles in the alleged illegal transplant operations.
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