Sparks Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 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. "When he came back, he had a laptop and a new Apple handset," his mother, identified as Miss Liu, told the station, showing off the livid red scar where her son's kidney was removed, "I wanted to know how he had got so much money and he finally confessed that he had sold one of his kidneys." The mother took the son back to Chenzhou to report the crime to the police, however, the mobiles of the three agents that Zheng had contacted were all switched off. The hospital, which admitted contracting out its urology department to a private businessman, denied any knowledge of the surgery. The case, which caused an online furore, was cited by some as an extreme example of the rampant materialism of modern China. Thousands of comments were posted on internet discussion groups, with many lamenting the lack of rule of law in China and the "immorality" of the new, 'capitalist' China. "This is a failure of education, the first purpose of which is to 'propagate morality'," said one comment on Hong Kong's Phoenix TV website, "This teenager's stupid behaviour is a manifestation of his radically materialistic values." "To sell a kidney in order to buy consumer goods? What vanity!" added another, "It is undeniable that modern Chinese teenagers' morality is declining. This is something we must all think about." Apple products like the iPhone and the iPad are in huge demand in China, and are seen as a badge of wealth and sophistication by young consumers. Last month scuffles broke out among desperate shoppers outside several Beijing Apple Stores as they queued to buy the newly launched iPad2 and white iPhone4. Absolutely INSANE!!!! :banghead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutsibe Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 So sad... (and stupid!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 omg how fricking stupid!!!!!!!!!!! id much rather have my kidney then a stupid ipad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 oh god i read about this today!!!! so silly ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydiamond Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 OMG how can a laptop and iPad be traded for YOUR KIDNEY?? This kid is either insane or plain stupid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottis Austin Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhalla Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Wow now I know where to go for a complete re-fit,,, hart, lungs, kidneys, eyes , liver, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #1 Posted June 4, 2011 Report Share Posted June 4, 2011 Wow...what ever happened to the most a kid wanting during their high school years being a car...a cheap crappy car that they'll have to fix constantly...that is ugly and probably has a ding or two on it? Kidney for computer type thing...computer type thing that doesn't get you anywhere...computer type thing that you will inevitably drop or accidentally break...that will be outdated and considered 'slow' in a year... This just makes no sense to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreyRust Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 My god... I consider myself a technology enthusiast, but I would rather turn omish than do this! I'm trying to get an imac, but I don't care this much... and this is why I don't like apple. Not because of apple, but because of the religion... sick Trey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikaani&Aiyana Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 Ridiculous!! Nothing like that is worth risking your health for!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikaron Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 WOAH!! Just.. what? That's so silly and not to mention stupid. Who would even... - facepalms - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 can i just sell @Marc instead?? Lot less painful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 Prat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreyRust Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 can i just sell @Marc instead?? Lot less painful you soooo mean! worse than laika... qHbsFXXiaf0 Trey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydiamond Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 OMG LOL nice vid Trey!! XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreyRust Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 I'm surprised your not subscribed to them. She is the famous youtube talking husky. Trey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydiamond Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 I don't go to youtube too often these days =/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elyse Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 O.o Well - you can live on one kidney but it's terribly inefficient and that kidney has a higher chance of failing. Then he'll certainly die. What an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Well - you can live on one kidney but it's terribly inefficient and that kidney has a higher chance of failing. Then he'll certainly die. What an idiot. Yes - but he's got an Ipad 2 - who needs a kidney :duh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elyse Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Apparently not him. Hey - what are lungs selling for nowadays? I can get me an ipad 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreyRust Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Apparently not him. Hey - what are lungs selling for nowadays? I can get me an ipad 2. Lungs go for a lot more, I could get a nice dual 27" iMac setup, plus CS5.5 master collection. And toon boom studio, AND coda, AND a dog Now I just gotta look up the price of an oxygen injector... Trey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #1 Posted June 8, 2011 Report Share Posted June 8, 2011 Hrmmm...his health is going downhill... I wonder if he wishes he'd paid more attention in school when they were explaining what exactly your kidney is for...it's not like an appendix that to date just seems to be in you so it can get infected and rupture... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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