Student in China sells kidney to buy I-Pad!

[Mr Pink]

I stumbled across this story on the BBC;

"Five people have gone on trial in China for illegal organ trading and intentional injury after a student sold his kidney to buy an iPad and iPhone."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19197542

"Official figures from the health ministry show that about 1.5 million people need transplants, but only 10,000 are performed annually.

Executed prisoners have been often used as a source of organs, but last month China vowed to phase this out over the next five years."

I guess we should consider ourselves lucky that we don't live in China, or a few other places, for that matter.

[AnnieB]

He sold his kidney to buy an iPad and iPhone???