In Filipino organ trade, poor sell kidneys for quick buck
source: http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/health/features/article_1412525.php/In_Filipino_organ...
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With millions of Filipinos living on less than 1 dollar a day, the Philippines has become one of the world's 'hotspots' for organ harvesting with foreign recipients paying as much as 30,000 dollars for new kidneys.
Due to high demand, illegal brokers prey on poor Filipinos who are forced to sell their kidneys and other organs for fast cash.
In 2007, a total of 1,046 kidney transplants were conducted in the Philippines, up from 690 in 2006, according to the Philippine Renal Registry.
More than 50 per cent of the recipients were foreigners in 2007, violating a 10-per-cent cap on the number of transplants to foreign recipients that was imposed in 2003. More than 80 per cent of the donors were not related to the recipients.
Due to high demand, illegal brokers prey on poor Filipinos who are forced to sell their kidneys and other organs for fast cash.
In 2007, a total of 1,046 kidney transplants were conducted in the Philippines, up from 690 in 2006, according to the Philippine Renal Registry.
More than 50 per cent of the recipients were foreigners in 2007, violating a 10-per-cent cap on the number of transplants to foreign recipients that was imposed in 2003. More than 80 per cent of the donors were not related to the recipients.
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liquidjam
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If soldiers can loose their lives to safeguard their countries ...why is it that one cannot donate a non-vital organ to save a life and ensure their families income ?? As humans we owe ourselves to be coherent ....
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liquidjam
