I've been looking all night about where to go to sell a kidney. So far, I've found that it's legal in Iran and supposedly in Singapore. However, Iran only pays a few grand, where in Singapore, you can get over $20,000 if you play your cards right.
Does anyone have any information about selling your organs?
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Secondly, involvement from authorities, or at least being put on a watch list, would most likely occur.
I am not talking about the illegal side of it, even though this is in bad ideas. Regardless of the legality of it, selling an organ is probably considered a bad idea. However, it IS legal in Iran and I believe Singapore.
http://www.naturalnews.com/028497_organ_transplants_kidneys.html
This site is stating that U.S. organ brokers are making over $150,000 PER KIDNEY. They are paying the donors a little over $1,000. That's really fucked up, but that's not the point. I am hoping to find a way to make at least $50k off of mine.
I've found donor websites and medical tourism sites, but none of them have any information about linking donors to patients who will pay.
"Having someone on dialysis for seven years costs the government about $500,000, and that's conservative," he said. "If it costs about $50,000 to buy a kidney and about $15,000 a year thereafter in health care, the government is miles ahead. And it is a safer outcome for the donor and recipient. If we don't shake the oligarchy, we'll still be in this situation in 10 or 20 years - and people will have died unnecessarily."
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The money you get in total is over $50,000, but they do take medical expenses out of it. I think what it came down to way $50-60k total, but the donor actually gets around $20k cash after medical and travel expenses, which is still great. You only use 60% of your kidneys anyway, and you have two, so why not save someone's life and make some change?
Honestly though, I wouldn't. If anything happens to your other kidney, you're fucked. What if someone you love (For whom you're a transplant candidate) needs a kidney? You'd feel like a dick.
The whole point of this is to find out WHERE to find buyers. I've found numerous donor sites and info on which countries it's legal in, just no brokers or directories of patients needing them that would compensate.
Edit: There's a good reason to do it now. In the future, animal kidneys, lab-grown kidneys, and artificial kidneys will be more readily available. They already have an artificial kidney awaiting human trials. Hell, even the legality of it in many countries may change, thus driving the compensation to donors down to a miniscule amount compared to today's rates. It only makes sense to do it now or as soon as possible in order to make the most profit.
Illegal, true. However, as stated in previous posts, there are countries where it is legal. Traveling to that country and performing the surgery is perfectly fine.
Unethical? I don't see why. We own our bodies and should be able to sell them if we want to. We can already sell blood, sperm, eggs, plasma, platelets, bone marrow, hair, etc etc. Kidney patients have a massive waiting list, with many of them dying before they ever receive one. I don't see why it's wrong for both parties to benefit from a simple business transaction. No one is as altruistic about anything, let alone organ donation, as the media and government would lead you to believe. I have a heart on my ID just so you know.
What are your ethics based on?
This is bad ideas, by the way.
Have you heard of any local incidences of organ theft? Such as a man going in for some minor surgery, and the doctors taking his kidney to sell?
There was a korean dry cleaning..the owner says "hey..i your clothes are back here.....the customer goes in the back and the owner knocks him out, kills him and took his organs and sold them..
Yes, I understand that happens and it is something I'm trying to avoid. That is why I mentioned two countries where it is actually legal. In those countries, the trade is regulated and performed by competent surgeons and isn't shady like that.
Having a family member or friend come along with you would be the best thing to do here, even if you are going to a country where it's legal.
Yet it is perfectly acceptable to be compensated for your blood, plasma, platelets, hair, and bone marrow?
It is perfectly acceptable to sell your belongings to someone else?
You own your organs. You should be able to do whatever you want with them.
You wouldn't just give a stranger your car when someone else needs a car and is willing to pay $50k for it, would you?
Here's my test of whether shit is alright to do:
Is anybody hurt, or worse off because I'm doing this?
So who's hurt if I sell my kidney?
If I had a buyer, I would love to read that guide.
I would look into israel