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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: 2) by zocalo on Sunday January 20 2019, @06:50PM (1 child)

    by zocalo (302) on Sunday January 20 2019, @06:50PM (#789098)
    He was technically correct in saying he didn't need the second kidney - people do donate one of their kidneys to help siblings, offspring, or other close family members and go onto lead fairly normal lives - but that's generally done with suitable medical due diligence and aftercare, neither of which were provided to Wang. TFA does say that Wang developed complications and his second kidney then failed, so dialysis is a given from that, but perhaps there are other unstated medical issues arising from the complications that led to him actually being bedridden? Or maybe he's perfectly capable of getting up and walking around when not on dialysis but just prefers to spend his time in bed?

    One thing it doesn't seem to be is overstating his case related to the payout; that was awarded back in 2012, so it seems doubtful there is much reason to be making out his condition is worse than it is at this point in time.
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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 20 2019, @09:29PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 20 2019, @09:29PM (#789139)

    He is bedridden now, but not from dialysis. He is suffering from MODS since the surgery. This was caused by sepsis, which was caused by an infection he picked up, which was caused by bad post-operative care. The story conflated the bedridden state with having to have dialysis, when both those conditions stem from the same thing, not one causing the other. This probably arose from the particular author of this article, and the ones that are based on it, not understanding the difference.