Kidney - 3dscience.com
Department of Health issued a directive to stop the selling of kidneys in the Philippines because of poverty. A committee has been formed to over-see kidney donors and make sure that the "donation" of the kidney is transparent and ethical.
In one documentary in GMA7, it showed that there are plenty of kidney donors (sellers) in slum areas. The cycle of selling kidneys - Donor (seller) - Middle Man - Foreigners (Buyers). Those foreigners are willing to pay huge amounts.
"We want to remove this black market," according to Duque. "We want to protect our already poor countrymen from abuse."
"We don't want to be known as the kidney capital of the world," -Padilla
Kidney market value ranges from 60,000.00 pesos to 200,000 pesos.
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