“Hi, how may I help you ma'am?” The nurse asks. “My brother had his liver stolen from him this morning. He was supposed to receive a kidney but instead, they took his liver and fled!” Janice says. “Sorry to hear about this we will get him into the O.R. as soon as possible, meanwhile can you fill this out? It is important we get all the information we can so we can track them down,” the nurse said. “Things like this happen somewhat often,so it’s not rare when people steal another person’s organs to sell it for money.” the nurse continued to say. “But why would someone want to steal an organ? What could they possibly get out of it?” said Janice. “If you found your surgeon off a sketchy website then there is a high chance that it will be sold
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Fast forward a couple hundred years, skin was one of the most used organ by surgeons. Many surgeons in the early 1900s had failed when they tried to give organs from one person to another because patients died quickly after their procedure from infection or lack of scientific advancements. It was only up until the 1960s when the first successful organ transplant occurred. From that point on, donating organs became more popular; later on, it became a crime. Therefore, biomedical advances are not on the right path because organ sale and donation is a dangerous game because it is unsafe and may cause death, and is also a catalyst for illegal …show more content…
Each organ is considered very expensive and difficult to receive. According to CBS Local, a kidney could be sold for $262,000 on the black market. A lot of people from different parts of the world steal or murder for organs to sell on the black market because the it allows a person to sell an organ for thousands of dollars more than they really cost if they were to have it done in a hospital. Also in CNN it also states, “A new report claims that China is still engaged in the widespread and systematic harvesting of organs from prisoners, and says that people whose views conflict with the ruling Chinese Communist Party are being murdered for their organs.” This goes to show that people are willing to partake in illegal activities to get the organs to sell. This entire process is called organ trafficking, technically still the selling of these organs but in an illegal manner that is very inhumane. Doctors sometimes are the ones that are willing to put their patients in danger. It is known that doctors sometimes purposely decline a patient with the correct treatment, thus leading them to die earlier so their organs can be retrieved for their own profit. Daily Mail said, “Some practitioners were still breathing after their organs were removed, but they were thrown into the hospital’s incinerator anyway.” Not only do people drug them to steal their organs,
Fast forward a couple hundred years, skin was one of the most used organ by surgeons. Many surgeons in the early 1900s had failed when they tried to give organs from one person to another because patients died quickly after their procedure from infection or lack of scientific advancements. It was only up until the 1960s when the first successful organ transplant occurred. From that point on, donating organs became more popular; later on, it became a crime. Therefore, biomedical advances are not on the right path because organ sale and donation is a dangerous game because it is unsafe and may cause death, and is also a catalyst for illegal …show more content…
Each organ is considered very expensive and difficult to receive. According to CBS Local, a kidney could be sold for $262,000 on the black market. A lot of people from different parts of the world steal or murder for organs to sell on the black market because the it allows a person to sell an organ for thousands of dollars more than they really cost if they were to have it done in a hospital. Also in CNN it also states, “A new report claims that China is still engaged in the widespread and systematic harvesting of organs from prisoners, and says that people whose views conflict with the ruling Chinese Communist Party are being murdered for their organs.” This goes to show that people are willing to partake in illegal activities to get the organs to sell. This entire process is called organ trafficking, technically still the selling of these organs but in an illegal manner that is very inhumane. Doctors sometimes are the ones that are willing to put their patients in danger. It is known that doctors sometimes purposely decline a patient with the correct treatment, thus leading them to die earlier so their organs can be retrieved for their own profit. Daily Mail said, “Some practitioners were still breathing after their organs were removed, but they were thrown into the hospital’s incinerator anyway.” Not only do people drug them to steal their organs,