Buying human organs?

Vitan · Posted: 09 Apr 2009 02:23 pm Post subject: Buying human organs?

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China: organs are taken from executed prisoners

The only country that still transplants organs from executed prisoners is China. Most of these organs are sold for a very high price to medical 'visitors' from Hong Kong, Taiwan or Singapore. One doctor even admitted that she had removed both kidneys from a prisoner the night before he was executed.
Kidney:

Amnesty International reported that China has recently started a very hard anti-crime campaign. As a result, the number of people who have been executed has greatly increased, and includes people found guilty of small theft and cheating on their taxes. Some experts believe that China is doing this so that it has more organs for sale.

India: poor people sell their kidneys

Donors in India are usually poor people who sell one of their kidneys while they are still alive. The buyers are mostly people from the rich countries of the Arabian Gulf. Poor people sell one of their kidneys to pay debts, to pay for necessary surgery, or for other family needs. Many poor villagers even expect that they will have to sell a kidney to provide a dowry for their daughters.

The Indian government tried to stop this trade in 1997 by making it illegal. In fact, the organ trade is probably increasing, but now it has gone 'underground' and is controlled by crime gangs. There are also stories of organ theft, where people are told they need a small operation but one of their kidneys is removed instead.

BRAIN DEATH: (n) when the brain stops working properly, even though the heart is still working.

EXECUTED: (pp) If someone is executed by a country, they are killed as punishment for a crime.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: an organization that works for human rights.

DOWRY: (n) Money that parents pay to the man who marries their daughter.

ILLEGAL: (adj) If something is illegal, it is against the law; it is a crime.

'UNDERGROUND': (adj) A word used for secret criminal activity.

BAREFOOT: (adj) Without shoes - used for someone who is poor.

ORGAN: (n) a part of the body, for example: the heart, the brain, the kidney.

TRANSPLANT: (n&v) surgery where an organ is taken from one person and given to another.

DONOR: (n) the person that the organ is taken from.

KIDNEYS: (n) People have two kidneys. They are small organs in the lower part of the back. They clean waste from the blood and make urine.

Illegal harvesting:

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