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Chinese teen sells his kidney for an iPad 2

A Chinese teenager was so desperate to acquire the new iPad 2 that he sold one of his kidneys for just £2,000 to pay for it, according to reports.


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By Peter Foster, Beijing
11:47AM BST 02 Jun 2011


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The 17-year-old boy, identified only by his surname, "Zheng", confessed to his mother that he had sold the kidney after spotting an online advertisement offering cash to anyone prepared to become an organ donor.

"I wanted to buy an iPad 2, but I didn't have the money," the boy told Shenzhen TV in the southern province of Guangdong, "When I surfed the internet I found an advert posted online by agent saying they were able to pay RMB20,000 to buy a kidney." After negotiations, the boy travelled north to the city of Chenzhou in Hunan Province where the kidney was removed at a local hospital which discharged him after three days, paying a total of RMB22,000 for the organ.

Trading organs online is a common practice in China, despite repeated attempts by China's government to stamp out the practice. Last year Japanese television reported that a group of "transplant tourists" had paid £50,000 to receive new kidneys in China.

According to official statistics more than a million people in China need a transplant every year, but fewer than 10,000 receive organs, driving an almost unstoppable black-market organ trade that enriches brokers, doctors and corrupt government officials.

The boy, who has suffered complications following the surgery, returned home but was unable to keep what he had done from his mother.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8552195/Chinese-teen-sells-his-kidney-for-an-iPad-2.html
 

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He helped save someones life. Truly one of the most awesome things he could have done
 

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I think everyone should have to be an organ donor whether they want to or not...... Such a waste of life once a person dies to waste his organs if it could help someone live....... I donate money to the organ donor fund every year and I'm an organ donor myself.
 

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I met an older gentlemen at Commerce Casino last year who was going to India to "receive" a kidney so he could stop dialysis. Apparently the going rate is 20K for everything (kidney, surgery, after care). Not a bad way to dramatically improve your life for the price of a Kia
 

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there are 1330141295 people in china ,its tough to make a living .
 

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