Sunday, October 24, 2004

More on last week's kidney for money transplant...Makes for some very interesting reading.

Authorities seeking Internet organ donor Internet organ donor faces extradition, may owe ex-wife $8,100 Web pact for kidney draws fire This story gets more convoluted by the minute. A convicted drug felon, only recently off probation, who donates a major organ out of the good ness of his heart? Why does that so-called goodness not extend to the care and medical bills of his ten year old daughter? And the recipient is a retired medical company executive? Had he not heard of the ethics committee either? Were the hospitals and doctors he had business relationships with also the same doctors that allowed this brokered deal to be consummated? Of course, there is the matter of an ongoing financial relationship, voluntary or not, between donor and recipient. After all, there are those pesky attorney bills, court costs, etc. that will no doubt arise from the extradition process.