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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: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Sunday January 20 2019, @07:06PM (3 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Sunday January 20 2019, @07:06PM (#789105) Journal

    He should have thought harder: "Hey, I have two brains, right? A right brain and a left brain! I'll just sell one of them!"

    17 and that stupid...I guess anything is game.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 20 2019, @08:39PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 20 2019, @08:39PM (#789126)

    At least he was smart enough not to sell his Cornea or his hands.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Nuke on Sunday January 20 2019, @10:55PM

    by Nuke (3162) on Sunday January 20 2019, @10:55PM (#789181)

    "A right brain and a left brain! I'll just sell one of them!"

    Why not go all the way and have yourself cut right down the middle? This would have had the makings of a Monty Python sketch.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Monday January 21 2019, @03:09PM

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 21 2019, @03:09PM (#789603) Journal

    "Hey, I have two brains, right? A right brain and a left brain! I'll just sell one of them!"

    Hey, I've got two testicles . . .

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