£28,000 for a kidney. Would you?

[smart1]

If I was young and healthy enough, I would. There are people as we speak going to India to sell their organs in a very unsafe environment. If people of this country are going to sell their organs surely it should be made safer. PS: Having worked in the NHS for 25yrs, I was told that people who carry a donor card are less likely to survive than those who don't - on the basis that one death has the potential to save/improve at least three other lives.
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[ChuckFickens]

Nice copy and paste from facebook :)

[pa___ul3]

unlike

[starone]

Is this an advertisement?

[smart1]

Thank you FC - but it WAS my entry on FB.

[smart1]

Serious question. I do realise that some people on AB cannot cope with 'serious'.

[smart1]

Afterthought - maybe no-one else watches the news!

[RATTER15]

Oh No!!!! a serious question I cant cope!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[smart1]

Got that Ratter.

[pa___ul3]

well if you're gonna be rude I won't bother! sheesh!

[Sqad]

No I wouldn't.......... having a kidney removed is painfel and has certain dangers inherent in the operation.

Now after donating your kidney.....what if you developed kidney disorders in your one and only kidney?

[redcrx]

"people who carry a donor card are less likely to survive than those who don't" who told you that?

[smart1]

First to Pa -uL - was I rude?
And to Sqad - life is full of inherent risks - why is ths different than getting into a car and driving for example?

[milly143]

I don't really understand your claim about peoploe who hold donor cards but I would actually consider flogging a kidney to the highest bidder.

[smart1]

redcrx - a colleague in the NHS during my time as anNHS employee.

[Sqad]

- <<why is ths different than getting into a car and driving for example?>>

smart....it isn't.

[redcrx]

many people have suggested it, but what made you believe it?

and to answer the kidney question, knowing two people on dialasis (sp) and transplant lists, no i would never sell one kidney even if i thought i was healthy!

[ummmm]

Yes it is Sqad...you don't get into your car with the intention of crashing..!

[Davethedog]

So you give up a Kidney for profit but what happens in one of the following scenarios:

1) Your remaining kidney fails, you go to hospital and they find you sold the other. Would they replace it given you were a mercenary in the first place.

2) Your spouse/ child needs a kidney replacement or they will die. You could easily be the provider but you only have one.

[smart1]

Sqad - because everything we do gas an inherebt risk. Do I need to explain that indoors or outdoors, there is an inherent risk with everything we do. The car was merely an example.

[Sqad]

ummm.I don't that was smart's point.

I think that she meant that there were inherent dangers in kidney donation as there are in driving a car.