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Would swap your kidney for...

May 5, 2008
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Would swap your kidney for ballet lessons and a home deposit?

This guy would:

Please buy my kidney to secure her future

human kidney

What an idiot! Lucky he is not trying to sell his brain as this certainly wouldn't be worth $50,000.

The whole idea is just ridiculous. There is a lot more we could be doing in Australia to promote organ donation rather than resorting to this nonsense. For example, how about making organ donation registration opt out rather than opt out. I also wouldn't mind betting that if they offered everyone a $100 shopping voucher to register themselves as an organ donor, there would be loads of takers. I think for most people it is just apathy that stops them from registering rather than any strongly held objections. A $100 incentive might be just enough to help overcome that apathy. Certainly cheaper than paying $50,000 for a single kidney!