Woman says husband sold her kidney

[okarol]

Published: March 4, 2007 at 11:19 AM

Woman says husband sold her kidney

BAHAWALPUR, Pakistan, March 4 (UPI) -- A farmer in Pakistan confessed to convincing doctors to remove one of wife's kidneys so he could sell it and buy a used tractor, his wife said.

Police are investigating Safia Thaheem Bibi's claim. If convicted of unlawfully removing a kidney, her husband, Shakeel Ahmed, faces up to 10 years in prison, The Sunday Telegraph reported.

Bibi, 22, said she discovered she was missing a kidney when she returned to the hospital after developing an infection following unrelated surgery. She confronted her husband, whom she said told her he received $1,100 for her kidney and bought a used tractor to use in his rice fields.

Organ donations are unregulated in Pakistan, and in some villages most able-bodies adults have sold one of their kidneys, the newspaper reported.

URL: http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/20070304-103307-9155r/

[Sluff]

Think how much money his crop will bring in. i wonder if it was worth it.  JK 

[okarol]

I was wondering why she didn't notice the scar when they removed her kidney... ?

[renal30yrs]

Sounds more of a tabloid urban legend than a clinical reality.