The 17-year-old boy, identified only by his surname, "Zheng", confessed to his mother that he had sold the kidney after spotting an online advertisement offering cash to anyone prepared to become an organ donor.
"I wanted to buy an iPad 2, but I didn't have the money," the boy told Shenzhen TV in the southern province of Guangdong, "When I surfed the internet I found an advert posted online by agent saying they were able to pay RMB20,000 to buy a kidney." After negotiations, the boy travelled north to the city of Chenzhou in Hunan Province where the kidney was removed at a local hospital which discharged him after three days, paying a total of RMB22,000 for the organ.
Trading organs online is a common practice in China, despite repeated attempts by China's government to stamp out the practice. Last year Japanese television reported that a group of "transplant tourists" had paid £50,000 to receive new kidneys in China.
You know a lot of people are panicking and are starting to think this is a morality issue. It's a reason to panic for the older generation, because they're afraid that other teens are greedy (or dumb) enough to do something like that. You know not everyone is that stupid.
Maybe Steve Jobs will pity the guy or something then help him get a ne kidney. On the other, some people may argue that he is an idiot and doesn't deserve a second chance. Come on, a kidney is more expensive than an iPad.
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