Technology
is an advancement quite new for this generation but how much technology is too
much? and is having the latest craze worth
giving up a kidney? The New York post reported that a teenager in Beijing,
China sold his kidney for an unlawful transplant operation to get money to be
able to buy and Apple iPhone and iPad. It was reported, “The 17-year-old boy, who
was paid 22,000 Yuan ($3,500)[for his kidney], was recruited from an online
chat room and [because of an illicit
transplant operation he] is now suffering from kidney failure and in deteriorating
health.” Wang, the 17-year-old boy went through with the kidney transplant
without his parents consent. The New Your Post reports that, “A surgeon and
four others have been arrested and are facing charges of illegal organ trading
and intentional injury…One of those detained was a hard-up gambler identified
as He Wei, who acted as a middle-man between a hospital worker and the
teenager.” This situation is not unheard of the health ministry stats show that
“1.5 million people in China need transplants, but only around 10,000
transplants are performed annually.” Because of this there has been an
inconspicuous thriving organ market.
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Posted By: Jenesis Lopez
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