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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 bzipitidoo on Sunday January 20 2019, @10:37PM (1 child)

    by bzipitidoo (4388) on Sunday January 20 2019, @10:37PM (#789168) Journal

    iPhones, so valuable people are selling their kidneys to get one!

    Special offer: Trade a kidney for a new iPhone before April 1, 2019, and you'll receive a free iPhone holster, custom designed to fit in the hole in your back where your kidney used to be. Hurry, supplies are limited!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 21 2019, @02:03AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 21 2019, @02:03AM (#789330)

    A kidney? I thought they only cost an arm and a leg. Must be a new model.