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Biology : Kidney Theft

What is a kidney?

THE KIDNEY filters the blood for urea and exceesve water and to reabsorb glucose and some salts

in the blood.



KIDNEY TRANSPLANT

If you have advanced and permanent kidney failure, kidney transplantation may be the treatment

option that allows you to live much like you lived before your kidneys failed. Since the 1950s, when

the first kidney transplants were performed, much has been learned about how to prevent rejection

and minimize the side effects of medicines.

But transplantation is not a cure; it¶s an ongoing treatment that requires you to take medicines for

the rest of your life. And the wait for a donated kidney can be years long.

A successful transplant takes a coordinated effort from your whole health care team, including your

nephrologist, transplant surgeon, transplant coordinator, pharmacist, dietitian, and social worker. But

the most important members of your health care team are you and your family. By learning about

your treatment, you can work with your health care team to give yourself the best possible results,

and you can lead a full, active life.

WHEN YOUR KIDNEYS FAIL

Healthy kidneys clean your blood by removing excess fluid, minerals, and wastes. They also make

hormones that keep your bones strong and your blood healthy. When your kidneys fail, harmful

wastes build up in your body, your blood pressure may rise, and your body may retain excess fluid

and not make enough red blood cells. When this happens, you need treatment to replace the work of

your failed kidneys. However, people can still live with one kidney. A transplant is only necessary if

both kidneys start to disfunction.



HOW DOES IT WORK?

K idney transplantation is a procedure that places a healthy kidney from another person into your

body. This one new kidney takes over the work of your two failed kidneys.

A surgeon places the new kidney inside your lower abdomen and connects the artery and vein of the

new kidney to your artery and vein. Your blood flows through the new kidney, which makes urine, just like your own kidneys did when they were healthy.

Unless they are causing infection or high blood pressure,

your own kidneys are left in place.

The problem with kidney transplant is to find enough suitable donors of healthy kidneys and to

prevent the transplanted kidney to be rejected.The donor may be a close relative who is prepared to donate his/her kidney (a person can survive

with one kidney ). Alternatively, the donated kidney may be taken from a healthy person who dies,

for example, as a result of road accidents. People willing for their kidneys to be used after their death

can carry a kidney donor card, but the relatives must give their permission for the kidneys to be used.

The problem with rejection is that the body reacts to any transplanted cells or tissues as it does to all

foreign protein and produces lymphocytes which attack and destro them. This rejection can be

overcome by:

ychoosing donor whose tissues are as similar as possible to those of the patient; a close relative.

yUsing immunosuppressive drugs which suppress the production of lymphocytes and their antibodies

againts the transplanted organ.



WHAT IS KIDNEY THEFT ?

K idney theft is a highly organized gang operating in major cities.

They are operated by highly skilled surgeons some with the help

of police officers. They drug off their victims and harvests one of

their kindeys to sell on the organ transplant black market.

WHY DO THEY DO IT?

y Money. Organs can be sold at high prices in the black market. It

can be sold up to $18000 for a kidney. Also, the stolen kidney is usually sold to

foreigners or rich people who are in need of kidney transplant. They will pay high

prices for the kidney in order so save their lives.

y Victims who are poor are willing to sacrifice their kidney for the money. Some

y kidney theives roam around poor places and asked victims outright if they wanted

to sell a kidney. A kidney can be up to $1000 to $2500. A car equipped with testing equipment

was

often on hand so that potential donors could be checked immediately to see whether their

kidneys

matched the needs of prospective patients.

HOW DO THEY DO IT ?

In most cases (told by victims), they will be drugged. The

victim does not remember anything after this. When the victim

is conscious,they will find themselves in a bathtub of ice with a

cut on their lower abdomen.

Also, in India, the kidney thieves will promise laborers with a

generous deal of jobs. They will be taken to a bungalow or a

well equipped private clinic. Then, the victims will be placed ina room with other laborers who are now victims.

WARNING These activities are done by

highly skilled surgeons!

Be careful of whom you trust!



WHO ARE MOSTLY THE VICTIMS?

y Travelers ± people who are not aware of their surrounding.

y Poor people ± who needs the money.

y K ids and children ± often kidnapped and operated on.

y Some victims, like day laborers and normal citizens are

y forced to this transplant.

y Males are often the victims instead of females.

y WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

yVictims are forced not to tell anyone about the procedure. Since the surgery was done by

experienced surgeons, they are not to worry about their health. The victims are threatened to be

taken their lives away if they have the intention of reporting it.

yIn some cases, the victims are left with a note saying that they need to call the ambulance.

y

y

Muhammad Salem, a laborer and a victim of kidney theft.



ETHICS OF KIDNEY THEFT

IS IT ETHICAL OR NOT?

Ethical Not Ethical

Lives of patients with dmaged kidney will be

saved

The victims may have health problems after the

surgery and even die

Money of stolen kidney are given to poor peopl Only those patients who re rich are able to buy

the stolen kidney. Poor patients do not stand a

chance.

people can still survive with one kidney. Victims do not get postoperative medical checks

lives of patient with kidney failure will be normal

again if surgery is succesfull.

lives of victims will be threatened if

complications occur during surgery.

Economics of poor people will improve as they

are paid.

It is unfair to those poor patients who cannot

afford a kidney

Some are done wih their will for the money It is againts the victims¶ will

It is an illegal opertion

Some kidney rings include experienced surgeons,

doctor, police officers and nurses. They are

people whom we trust.

Some victims get money for selling their kidney Most victims do not get money or any sort of

compensation

K idneys are sold high prices t the market. Higher

than what is compenste to the victims

If victim dies, the family of the victim will be in

hard situation, especially the poor ones.



HAPPY WOMEN MAGAZINE

Let's be honest. When is the last time you gave your kidneys (or any other internal organ) a

second thought?

If you answered "Never." You are not alone. In a recent poll conducted by our janitorial staff we

discovered that most citizens of North America, Western Europe and parts of Australia tend to take

their kidneys for granted. An astounding 93%percent of us expect our organs to work when needed

and when we go out for an evening we expect to wake up with them intact.

However a brand new kind of thief is changing all that.

Organ harvesters have been targeting men and women all over the world. These thieves dope their

unsuspecting victims and then sell their organs, most commonly kidneys on the black market where a

kidney can command up to $10,000.

K idney theft is one of the leading causes of death in kidney-less people. It is one of the fastest rising

crimes in history according to an email we received Tuesday from dave@nospam. Not only does it

leave the victim without kidneys it also leaves the victim feeling ashamed and violated.

A source close to this reporter gave a fourth-hand account of this horrifying crime.

"My friend's cousin's sister Fiona ( E ditors note: Fiona is not her real name. Her real

name is Mary Ann Jedson) was vacationing in New Orleans. She met a man at a bar and

they started talking. They hit it off and he bought her a drink.

The next thing she remembers is waking up in a bathtub filled with ice. There was a

phone next to the bathtub with a note taped to it that said 'Call 911.'

Fiona did this and explained the strange circumstances to the 911 operator. The operator,

well familiar with organ harvesters asked Fiona to slowly reach behind and feel if there is

a tube protruding out of her back. To her horror she found one, luckily the 911 operator

had all ready contacted the ambulance and Fiona was saved."



Discussion

Consent vs. force

Most suspects who are captured claims that all the organs were willingly offered, and the logistics of

organ transplant supports his defense.

It is virtually impossible to remove a usable organ from an uncooperative donor and place it in a

recipient.

K idney transplants are not simple procedures that can be done in someone's kitchen. Sophisticated

medical equipment must be used, and donors and recipients must be carefully matched. Blood and

tissue typing and histocompatibility tests must be done in advance (thus with the "victim's"cooperation). The operation would take between four and six hours and involve ten to twenty

support staff, including three members of a surgical team, an anaesthesiologist, and two nurses.

It would be a practical impossibility in America or the West to assemble a large team of highly trained

medical personnel willing to engage in such illegal and unethical behaviors. Even highly paid medical

staff in India are unlikely to risk performing such operations, jeopardizing both their careers and

reputations.

Theft vs. commerce

While tales of organ theft are very suspect, there certainly is organ commerce in the world.

In some countries selling one's organs is perfectly legal. In the United States, it is against the law,

although some have suggested that legalizing it would save lives and be beneficial to all involved.

In India, for example, many adults voluntarily sell one of their kidneys. (Of course the dramatic scar

looks the same whether the organ was stolen or sold.) Although the sale of kidneys is seen by many

as morally objectionable, it should be remembered that in India, as in many developing countries,

sophisticated medical equipment is rare and in many cases the resources simply are not available to

extract and preserve organs of those killed in accidents for later transplant. Few Indians who suffer

from kidney failure can afford dialysis treatments, so they can either die or purchase a kidney.

In 1994, the Indian parliament passed a law making it illegal to buy or sell human organs for

transplantation, but a loophole in the law allows people who are related to the recipient only by "ties

of affection" to donate organs under some circumstances.



One can debate the ethics of exploiting poor people who are willing to sell their organs, but this

should not be confused with organ theft.

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