Indonesian ‌Worker's Kidney Stolen while Working in Qatar

Rasa - An Indonesian domestic worker said that her kidney was removed without her knowledge while she worked as a maid in the Qatari capital Doha three years ago.

News ID: 427812

Date: 02 March 2017 - 23:34

RNA - 25-year-old Sri Rabitah, said that she had only realized the organ was missing after going to hospital due to a constant back pain, New Arab reported.

Doctors on Indonesia's island of Lombok told the young mother that one of her kidneys was missing.

Indonesian foreign ministry official Muhammad Iqbal described the case as a "clear indication" of organ trafficking in Qatar.

Sri was one of millions of Indonesian women who applied through an agency to work as a domestic worker in Qatar in 2014.

Having initially expected to be placed with a family in Abu Dhabi, she later ended up working for a client in Doha.

It is thought that the kidney removal occurred when she was allegedly told to attend a medical checkup at a hospital.

Sri says she was placed under anesthesia during the checkup, without explanation.

"Without permission, I received an injection. How come a medical needed an injection? The doctor said I was feeling weak, so I was told to relax," Sri told Indonesia's Detik news site.

I want the government to sue the perpetrator. My kidney was stolen.

Sri says that she later woke up in pain due to what appeared to be an incision scar. This was after being taken to a room containing medical tools.

She was sent back to Indonesia after her employers deemed her unfit for work.

Sri's case highlights some of the horrors faced by Indonesia's 4.5 million migrant workers, a large portion of whom make their living as domestic maids.

Due to a high number of alleged abuse cases, in May 2015 Indonesia permanently banned women from traveling to the Middle East for domestic work.

This has not stopped many who still travel to the region to find domestic employment.

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