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“A 17-year-old Chinese boy decided to sell his kidney for 20,000 yuan so he could buy an iPad, the Shanghai Daily reports.
But, he’s not feeling well now, and he’s regretting the decision.
But, he’s not feeling well now, and he’s regretting the decision.
He had his kidney removed after being contacted by someone on the internet that specializes in this sort of things.
When he came home from having his kidney removed his mother freaked out and tried to contact the person who bought his kidney.
Not surprisingly, the person wasn’t answering the phone. Now police are investigating.
When he came home from having his kidney removed his mother freaked out and tried to contact the person who bought his kidney.
Not surprisingly, the person wasn’t answering the phone. Now police are investigating.
After being discharged from the hospital, Zheng returned home with both a brand-new laptop and an iPhone, but quickly began experiencing complications from the surgery, according to the Telegraph. When his mother discovered the products and forced her son to reveal how he could afford them, she immediately notified local police, Global Times is reporting.
When he came back, he had a laptop and a new Apple handset,” his mother, identified as Miss Liu, is quoted by the Telegraph as saying, “I wanted to know how he had got so much money and he finally confessed that he had sold one of his kidneys.”
Chenzhou 198 Hospital, where Zheng allegedly had his surgery, has no qualifications for kidney transplantation, and has since denied any knowledge of the operation because the department that did the surgery had been contracted to a Fujian businessman, Shanghai Daily reports. Police are continuing to investigate the case."
(Sources:http://www.huffingtonpost.com, 02/06/2011)
Berita di atas menceritakan seorang lelaki yang berusia 17 tahun telah menjual salah satu ginjalnya demi membeli Ipad. Kes ini berlaku di China dan ia telah menjadi tajuk utama dalam suratkhabar seluruh dunia pada seketika. Betapa mengejutkan dan menggemparkan bahawa seseorang pemuda telah menjualkan ginjalnya untuk mendapatkan wang supaya mampu membeli Ipad.
Menurut Christopher May (2002), perkembangan teknologi akan mengubah masyarakat yang menggunakannya. Oleh itu, adakah kes ini telah mencerminkan bahawa masyarakat telah berubah ke tahap yang sebegitu ekoran perkembangan teknologi yang semakin canggih pada saban hari?
Masyarakat kini telah dikenali sebagai masyarakat informasi dan tidak hairan bahawa permintaan terhadap peralatan-peralatan media yang berteknologi tinggi ini semakin meningkat tidak kira dalam segi kuantiti atau kualiti. Tetapi, adakah masyarakat pada zaman ini terutamanya golongan belia begitu menginginkan informasi-informasi sehingga perlu menggunakan cara menjual organ-organ badan mereka bagi mendapatkan peralatan teknologi yang boleh memuaskan keinginan mereka dari aspek tersebut? Ataupun mereka hanya ingin menjadikan peralatan-peralatan teknologi yang mahal itu sebagai satu simbol status mereka?
Adakah anda sanggup menjual organ-organ anda bagi memperolehi peralatan teknologi yang tercanggih di dunia ini?
