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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 20 2019, @08:41PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 20 2019, @08:41PM (#789128)

    Now he can afford a couple of new ones!

  • (Score: 2) by Nuke on Sunday January 20 2019, @10:51PM

    by Nuke (3162) on Sunday January 20 2019, @10:51PM (#789178)

    At $20,000 each retail he could have a dozen new kidneys installed, allowing for the cost of the surgery. That should take care of things, although they won't do much for his figure.