Pakistan 'kidney bazaar' thrives - Article from CNN.COM

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JANDALA, Pakistan (AP) -- Nassem Kausar has done it. So, she says, have her sister, six brothers, five sisters-in-law and two nephews.
Each has sold a kidney to a trade that has led Pakistan's media to dub the country a "kidney bazaar."........

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Picture Attached (Pakistani farmers who sold their kidneys show scars in Jandala near Multan, Pakistan.)

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What's with the dark scars?  My mom's didn't look like that.  EWW!!

On the discussion ... I can see where paying the donors gets more donors for the country, but I don't agree with the crazy mark-up.  Who gets the extra 10 G's?  That could go to follow up care.  What they need (if they are going to continue this practice) is to remove the middleman.  I'm not in favor of doing this in the US since we all know that it would mean only the wealthy would ever get off of dialysis.