Cash-strapped sell their kidneys to pay off debts


	Cash-strapped sell their kidneys to pay off debts

foxyarse

9-26-2009 4:05 PM

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cash-strapped sell their kidneys to pay off debts

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10-4-2009 2:40 AM

mcsmithblack

Hope too many people don't catch on to this. That's my plan for my retirement and if this keeps up, the going price for kidneys will fall and so will my retirement fund. (sniff ***)

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British victims of the credit crunch are offering to sell their kidneys for 
£25,000 or more to help pay debts, an investigation by The Sunday Times has 
revealed. 
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At least a dozen adverts have appeared on the internet offering kidneys for 
sale from British “donors”. Five of the sellers corresponded with undercover 
journalists, who posed as friends and relatives of sick patients to 
negotiate sales. 
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One person willing to sell a kidney is a 26-year-old mental health nurse who 
said he needed the money to pay debts after a business he set up went 
bankrupt. Another is a 43-year-old taxi driver from Lancashire, who wants to 
raise cash to pay off some of his mortgage and buy a new kitchen. 
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Both men said they wanted to help those in need of kidney transplants at the 
same time as relieving their financial difficulties. A leading doctor said 
the phenomenon highlighted the need for a public discussion of the issue of 
selling organs. 
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