Teenager sells kidney for iPad2

ANHUI, CHINA: Selling kidneys for money is common, but how about selling kidney for an iPad...sounds weird, right?

The 17-year-old boy Zheng, at Huaishan, Anhui Province in China, has sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPad2, a thinner and faster version that features two cameras for video chat.

As per media reports, Zheng a young teenager got connected with a kidney-selling agent through the internet, who pledged to pay him 20,000 yuan ($3,084.45 ) for one of his kidneys.?

"I wanted to buy an iPad 2 but could not afford it, a broker contacted me on the Internet and said he could help me sell one kidney for 20,000 yuan, '' quoted Global Times, Zheng as saying.

The report added that he went to Chenzhou, Hunan Province to have his kidney removed under the supervision of three so-called middlemen, and received 22,000 yuan and? returned home with a laptop and an iPhone.

The hospital has denied any connection with the kidney removal operation, and has said that its urology department is contracted to a businessman in Fujian.

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Chinese Boy Sells Kidney For iPad2

21399624 story  Posted by samzenpus on Friday June 03, @10:15AM
from the brand-loyalty dept. aquabat writes "According to Shanghai Daily, a boy from the Anhui Province desperately wanted to buy Apple's flagship tablet but didn't have enough cash. Rather than waiting to save up the money for the Apple product when it invariably gets marked down, the lad decided to sell one of his kidneys for 22,000 yuan (roughly $3,400) so he could afford one. But, surprisingly, the scenario in which the organ was harvested wasn't in the best of conditions, and the boy isn't feeling very well."

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Submission: Chinese boy sells kidney for iPad2

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Chinese Boy Sells Kidney to Buy iPad2

A 17 year old Chinese boy sold his kidney so can have enough money to buy an Apple iPad 2.

Shanghai Daily reports,

"I wanted to buy an iPad 2 but could not afford it," said the boy surnamed Zheng in Huaishan City.

"A broker contacted me on the Internet and said he could help me sell one kidney for 20,000 yuan."

On April 28th, without telling his family, the kid went to a hospital in Chenzhou City, Hunan Province for the kidney removal surgery arranged by the broker. He was handed 22,000 yuan (that's with an extra 2,000, mind you) or around Php 146,000 after the kidney extraction.

His mother's suspicions were aroused when Zheng returned home carrying an iPad2 and an iPhone. And the boy, who was left with a big scar on his side from the surgery, was forced to admit what he did for the love of the iDevice --

Shocked, the mom took her kid back to Chenzhou to report the crime to the police. They tried to contact the broker whose number couldn't be reached.

The hospital admitted contracting out its urology department to a Fujian businessman for the said operation and denied any connection with the crime.

TP Thoughts:

This is downright upsetting.

I've read stories of people selling their organs so they can feed their families. But for a gadget? Come on. It's just totally wrong. I wonder what's going on in that boy's mind.

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