Comments on: Black Market Organs

By: Solymar

Solymar — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:11:43 +0000

THE LAST PARAGRAPH IS A WRONG!

Kidney Theft

While at first believed to be a true but surreal horror story (often involving the victim waking up in a bathtub full of bloody ice cubes), and then dismissed as an urban legend, kidney theft has been known to happen. A day laborer, Mohammad Salim Khan, who lived close to Delhi, India, was looking for a day’s wages when he agreed to go to a house under the premise that he’d be paid $4 a day for construction work. He was then held at gunpoint for several days, along with two other deceived day laborers. Eventually, they were taken to a hidden operating room, rendered unconscious by drugs and, when they later awoke in horrific pain, were informed that their kidneys had been removed. A medical examination of Khan showed that his kidney had, in fact, been removed

[Source: Russo, Karen. “Indian Victims Relate Horror of Kidney Theft.” ABC News, Feb. 1, 2008 (April 25, 2008). http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Story?id=4224506&page=1.

By: claytonwilson

claytonwilson — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:33:06 +0000

i would like to sell a kidney

By: Kate Smedley

Kate Smedley — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:44:28 +0000

It is frightening that this happens, excellent article.

By: Kim Buck

Kim Buck — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:11:19 +0000

Greed drives us all to do things – including mutilating our bodies and other’s for a few bucks. As I read this, I was pondering which of my organs I could live without and then I read they would only fetch a grand each. So, I’ve thought better of it.

Cool read…

By: brenda

brenda — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:36:40 +0000

I just herd about two trailers found in Mexico with dozens of childrens bodies, all missing organs. They had been abducted from schools. This all happened in Mexico.

By: jo oliver

jo oliver — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:43:13 +0000

Thank you all for the great comments and support!

By: M Stokes

M Stokes — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:17:11 +0000

Wow, I agree, this is scary! Thanks for sharing this info with us. Great article!

By: Anne Lyken-Garner

Anne Lyken-Garner — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:41:57 +0000

This is scary. What's more painful is the fact that people live such desperate lives, that they are willing to sell part of their body in exchange for money.

There are some editing needed in the article, I think you missed a few typos and spaces.

Great article nevertheless.

By: RJ Chamberlain

RJ Chamberlain — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:33:34 +0000

Really interesting piece Jo. Well done.

By: Lauren Axelrod

Lauren Axelrod — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:18:44 +0000

Wow, this is bizarre Jo. You can find anything on the black market now a days from babies to human cadavers. Great article.