Pakistan: the market for kidneys
October 28, 2005In the desperation following the earthquake, impoverished families are selling their kidneys for cash. After a broker claims a share, the payout is about $3000.
A group of Afghans removed kidneys from the bodies of quake dead, thinking to profit handsomely. What they did not know was that kidneys removed from the dead are not usable. By the time police caught up with them, they had 15 kidneys in coolers.
