The front page of today's The Straits Times highlighted the obscene amount the middleman makes from organ trading, something which I mentioned in my 6 July post.
Out of the $300,000 allegedly paid by Mr. Tang Wee Sung, only $23,000 was offered to the kidney donor, a 7.7%. Admittedly, the middleman would probably be bearing costs relating to flights, accommodation, food and other expenses, the number does seem a bit lop-sided.
Andy Ho in the commentary "An Organ Market: Separate procuring from allocating" in yesterday's The Straits Times sets out ways in which organ donor can be compensated and how the needy poor need not be disadvantaged in receiving organs. Worth reading. I will try to see if I can get hold of an on-line copy to add here.
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