Is it smart to sell a kidney?

Because most people can live with one kidney, it is reasonably safe to sell the other one. There are risks. Every time someone submits to surgery there is a risk. And there is about a one in 5,000 chance that people will need their second kidney in any given year.

Can you sell your kidney while you’re alive?

No, you can’t legally buy (or sell) an organ. But you and your loved ones do have options for getting the medical attention you need.

Why organ selling should not be legal?

The sale of human organs should not be legalized because it will benefit the wealthy but pressure the poor to sacrifice their own health, it would be more difficult to obtain an organ if donors can sell them and people may think they can use their body for profit.

What is the process of donating a kidney?

In a laparoscopic kidney donor surgery, the surgeon makes small cuts on the donor’s stomach, and the kidney is removed through an incision just big enough for it to fit through. This operation takes 2-3 hours, and a kidney donor usually spends 1-3 days in the hospital recovering.

What happened to the man who sold his kidney for iPhone?

It is said that it was due to the unsanitary conditions where the surgery took place. A man in China who sold his kidney as a teenager to buy an Apple iPad and iPhone in 2011 is now bedridden with organ failure, according to reports.

Is it legal to buy and sell kidneys?

“It’s a self-financing proposal,” he says. Although buying and selling kidneys remains illegal outside of Iran (the U.S. made selling organs a federal crime in 1984, after passage of the National Organ Transplant Act), Akbarpour considers it viable, but he’s not advocating one option over another.

What happened to the man who sold his kidney to black market?

Eight years on, the 25-year-old is now bedridden for life after his remaining organ failed. Mr Shangkun had sold his kidney to black market organ harvesters in April 2011 where he received AUD$4500 — purchasing a iPhone 4 and iPad 2 with the funds.

Did Shangkun sell his kidney to buy Apple products?

A deal was struck – Shangkun would sell his kidney to the black market and receive the money to buy the Apple products that he long desired. The whole thing was kept under wraps, and even his parents did not know.

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