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Teen Bedridden for Life after Selling Kidney for an iPhone

posted by martyb on Sunday January 20 2019, @02:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the Eye-for-an-"i"-dept dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

In April 2011, 17 year old Wang Shangkunsold a kidney to buy an iPhone. When asked why he did this, the man said “Why do I need a second kidney? One is enough,”.

The man subsequently developed complications and now needs regular dialysis to survive. The complications may have been caused by a lack of post operative care. The doctors involved have been arrested.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday January 20 2019, @04:40PM (3 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday January 20 2019, @04:40PM (#789071) Journal

    you can't expect a 17 year old to know better.

    Yes, I can expect him to know better. Maybe YOU don't, but I do. Kids are generally permitted to drive a car at 16. Kids are generally allowed to hunt at 13. Kids routinely engage in sports that are potentially lethal while in elementary school. Kids are expected to be able to cross a street while in elementary school. Kids should know better than to undergo medical procedures without their parent's permission. Kids should know that allowing unknown people to hack off random bits of their anatomy might have undesirable consequences. Laws be damned, this one wasn't bright enough to live.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 20 2019, @10:21PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 20 2019, @10:21PM (#789158)

    I certainly hope that I raise my own kids such that I can expect them not to sell body parts.
    But no, I would not expect it from a 17 year old picked at random from the entire world.
    For instance I assume there are at least hundreds of 17 year old hookers having unprotected sex with sailors that are probably not very cleanlooking; isn't that technically more dangerous? not just because of the possibly lethal STDs, but because of the drunken sailor getting angry and punching them into a coma.

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday January 20 2019, @11:01PM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday January 20 2019, @11:01PM (#789186) Journal

      I was always more concerned about those fresh-faced young sailors having sex with random teen-aged prostitutes who aren't very clean looking. Crack whores can be dangerous! ;^)

      And, I'm only half joking. We didn't lose any shipmates to prostitutes from either of my two ships, but it happens.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday January 21 2019, @08:46AM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 21 2019, @08:46AM (#789472) Journal

      I certainly hope that I raise my own kids such that I can expect them not to sell body parts.

      Why? Meat industry is not gonna go bust sometime soon.

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