Source: [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/06/teen-sells-kidney-iphone_n_1408042.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009[/url]
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Five people in southern China have been charged with intentional injury in the case of a Chinese teenager who sold a kidney so he could buy an iPhone and an iPad, the government-run Xinhua News Agency said on Friday.
The five included a surgeon who removed a kidney from a 17-year-old boy in April last year. The boy, identified only by his surname Wang, now suffers from renal deficiency, Xinhua quoted prosecutors in Chenzhou city, Hunan province as saying.
According to the Xinhua account, one of the defendants received about 220,000 yuan (about $35,000) to arrange the transplant. He paid Wang 22,000 yuan and split the rest with the surgeon, the three other defendants and other medical staff.
The report did not say who received and paid for the kidney.
The teen was from Anhui, one of China's poorest provinces, where inhabitants frequently leave to find work and a better life elsewhere. He bought an iPhone and iPad, and when asked by his mother where he got the money, admitted selling a kidney.
Apple products are hugely popular in China, but are priced beyond the reach of many Chinese. IPhones start at 3,988 yuan ($633), and iPads begin at 2,988 yuan ($474).
Wang's renal deficiency is deteriorating, Xinhua quoted prosecutors as saying.
Only a fraction of the people who need organ transplants in China are able to get them, leading to "transplant tourism" where patients travel overseas for such operations, and to a black market for human organs.
China banned the trading of human organs in 2007, Xinhua said. Several other suspects involved in the case are still being investigated.
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What a dumbass.
I've read this before
wasnt there something similar last year
This is old, the article is late to the story.
Oh last time this was reported they were looking for the people who cut out his kidney I guess they found them recently.
desperate much
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whats wrong with people
this is like 2 years old, wtf huffpost
[QUOTE=IceBlizzard;35455148][URL]http://facepunch.com/threads/1094201[/URL]
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whats wrong with people[/QUOTE]
Different item, different name - different case.
Shame you can't legally sell organs
I really want a GTX680 and I don't really need two kidneys
[QUOTE=Thunderbolt;35455250]Shame you can't legally sell organs
I really want a GTX680 and I don't really need two kidneys[/QUOTE]
I don't need a brain, but I do need a new computer
which should I choose? the brain or the computer
[QUOTE=J!NX;35455328]I don't need a brain, but I do need a new computer
which should I choose? the brain or the computer[/QUOTE]
I think the brain is pretty important actually
Without it, you won't even need a computer
or anything else for that matter
[QUOTE=Thunderbolt;35455250]Shame you can't legally sell organs
I really want a GTX680 and I don't really need two kidneys[/QUOTE]
Just head on over to the Philippines and they'll get you hooked up.
[QUOTE=Thunderbolt;35455388]I think the brain is pretty important actually
Without it, you won't even need a computer
or anything else for that matter[/QUOTE]
I don't know but quite a few seem to be doing alright without brain.
Yeah seriously what a dumbass, faze would only sell his for an android phone
[QUOTE=soderholm13;35455120]I've read this before
wasnt there something similar last year[/QUOTE]
Nah, that was an iPad
what did he do with the rest of the money?
[QUOTE=MightyMax;35455824]what did he do with the rest of the money?[/QUOTE]
gotta save for the Iphone 5 I guess
faze wouldn't think this was dumb if it was an android device.
I found a blackberry in my dads cab, traded it on kijiji and got a iPhone4 and three weeks ago I found a iPhone4, i have both kidneys and haven't spent a cent on either iPhone I have (I would of given my back up to him for free :C)
[QUOTE=J!NX;35455328]I don't need a brain, but I do need a new computer
which should I choose? the brain or the computer[/QUOTE]
Turn the brain into a computer, Obviously
Am I the only one thinking it'd be hilarious if his other kidney failed?
Anyone?
An iPhone will only last you, let's say a year, assuming you don't drop it, break it, or want "the latest iPhone" while a kidney will last you pretty much your entire life.
Stupid kid, stupid act, stupid everything.
I remember reading somewhere that someone sold a kidney for an iPad.
[QUOTE=garychencool;35458072]An iPhone will only last you, let's say a year, assuming you don't drop it, break it, or want "the latest iPhone" while a kidney will last you pretty much your entire life.
Stupid kid, stupid act, stupid everything.[/QUOTE]
i've had my iphone for 3 years, they're actually really well made and last for a long time despite what everyone says, it's only because people are morons and drops theirs and stick in toilets etc
One time I was really hungry, so I cut out my kidney and gave it to the guy at the register at Mcdonalds. Got me a Mcflurry and a cheeseburger, and it was worth it.
[QUOTE=Gareth;35458552]i've had my iphone for 3 years, they're actually really well made and last for a long time despite what everyone says, it's only because people are morons and drops theirs and stick in toilets etc[/QUOTE]
I've had my kidney for 20 years. They're actually really well made.
[QUOTE=garychencool;35458072]An iPhone will only last you, let's say a year, assuming you don't drop it, break it, or want "the latest iPhone" while a kidney will last you pretty much your entire life.
Stupid kid, stupid act, stupid everything.[/QUOTE]
Well if you dropped your kidney it would probably be ruined too.
[QUOTE=PyroCF;35456402]faze wouldn't think this was dumb if it was an android device.[/QUOTE]
Oh shut the fuck up, I would and you know it.
Did you hear about that other teen that killed himself over a lost iPod?
[QUOTE=Secrios;35459891]Did you hear about that other teen that killed himself over a lost iPod?[/QUOTE]
Oh god.
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