By Salma Khalik, Health Correspondent

THE Health Minister's proposal to reimburse those who donate a kidney has cleared a national committee on medical ethics, paving the way for a change in legislation to be put before Parliament early next year.

The 18-member committee, led by Dr Lee Suan Yew, had no issue with reimbursing donors so long as the sum is not so large as to become 'an undue inducement, nor amounting to organ trading'.

It supported the principle of 'comprehensive reimbursement', and spelt out what donors can expect to get.

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