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Kid sells kidney to buy iPad

Post by odysseus » Fri Jun 03, 2011 3:12 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13639934
China: Teenager 'sells kidney for iPad'

By Martin Patience BBC News, Beijing


A teenager in China has sold one of his kidneys in order to buy an iPad 2, Chinese media report.
The 17-year-old, identified only as Little Zheng, told a local TV station he had arranged the sale of the kidney over the internet.
The story only came to light after the teenager's mother became suspicious.
The case highlights China's black market in organ trafficking. A scarcity of organ donors has led to a flourishing trade.
It all started when the high school student saw an online advert offering money to organ donors.
Illegal agents organised a trip to the hospital and paid him $3,392 (£2,077) after the operation.
With the cash the student bought an iPad 2, as well as a laptop.
When his mother noticed the computers and the deep red scar on his body, which was caused by the surgery, Little Zheng confessed.
In 2007, Chinese authorities banned organ trafficking and have introduced a voluntary donor scheme to try to combat the trade.
What a twat.... :hehe:

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Re: Kid sells kidney to buy iPad

Post by devogue » Fri Jun 03, 2011 3:13 pm

I'd give my right arm for an iPad 2.

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Post by Svartalf » Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:03 pm

I'd give both your kidneys for a smartphone.
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Post by Atheist-Lite » Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:14 pm

Imagine what will be left of him come the Ipad 7.0? Obviously not thinking this one through? :coffee:
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Post by kiki5711 » Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:21 pm

devogue wrote:I'd give my right arm for an iPad 2.

he he

I guess your kidneys are not very marketable. :drunk: :drunk:

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Post by Animavore » Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:28 pm

I don't see how you can call him a 'twat'. He has what he wanted for an expendable organ. You can survive perfectly well on one. Sure there's always the risk of kidney failure but by the time he needs that they may be able to grow him ones with stem cells.

Fair balls to him Isay. I wish I wasn't too pussy to do it.
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Post by mistermack » Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:33 pm

Animavore wrote:I don't see how you can call him a 'twat'. He has what he wanted for an expendable organ. You can survive perfectly well on one. Sure there's always the risk of kidney failure but by the time he needs that they may be able to grow him ones with stem cells.

Fair balls to him Isay. I wish I wasn't too pussy to do it.
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Post by maiforpeace » Fri Jun 03, 2011 5:17 pm

Animavore wrote:I don't see how you can call him a 'twat'. He has what he wanted for an expendable organ. You can survive perfectly well on one. Sure there's always the risk of kidney failure but by the time he needs that they may be able to grow him ones with stem cells.

Fair balls to him Isay. I wish I wasn't too pussy to do it.
Even if someone offered you say, 20K? 8-)
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Post by mistermack » Fri Jun 03, 2011 5:27 pm

With this e coli problem, I would think selling a kidney is a bad bet no matter what the price.
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Post by Svartalf » Fri Jun 03, 2011 5:31 pm

E coli? man, you're going to the hospital, I'd fear S.Aureus a lot more.
Even if Chinese hospitals are a lot dirtier than ours.
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Post by mistermack » Fri Jun 03, 2011 5:40 pm

Svartalf wrote:E coli? man, you're going to the hospital, I'd fear S.Aureus a lot more.
Even if Chinese hospitals are a lot dirtier than ours.
Yeh, but does it damage the kidneys?
If you get ecoli, you might need both of your kidneys.
I don't think an ipad would be much consolation.
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Fri Jun 03, 2011 5:42 pm

mistermack wrote:
Svartalf wrote:E coli? man, you're going to the hospital, I'd fear S.Aureus a lot more.
Even if Chinese hospitals are a lot dirtier than ours.
Yeh, but does it damage the kidneys?
If you get ecoli, you might need both of your kidneys.
I don't think an ipad would be much consolation.
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Re: Kid sells kidney to buy iPad

Post by mistermack » Fri Jun 03, 2011 5:45 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:
mistermack wrote:
Svartalf wrote:E coli? man, you're going to the hospital, I'd fear S.Aureus a lot more.
Even if Chinese hospitals are a lot dirtier than ours.
Yeh, but does it damage the kidneys?
If you get ecoli, you might need both of your kidneys.
I don't think an ipad would be much consolation.
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You've already got E. coli. We all have. Our guts are full of the stuff. It's just a particular strain that's causing the trouble.
Yeh, that's the one I'm on about.
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