Currently, to have access to an organ for free, you have to wait in long lines for transplants. But there are organs from corpses from the funeral home that are sold illegally, the most common being the kidney.
So do you know how much a kidney costs on the black market? If your answer was negative and you are curious about the subject, keep reading this article and understand more!
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Obtaining an organ legally is not as simple as it seems, as normally thousands of Brazilians are in the huge queue for the transplant. However, regulation to gain access to a new organ requires voluntary donation, regulated by the Unified Health System (SUS).
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Thus, the donation happens when there is brain death of patients and the definition of who will receive the organ is made based on some factors. So among them are blood compatibility, the degree of the disease and the waiting time in line.
Many organs can be transplanted, but the number of supporters of voluntary donation is still low. Although the trade in organs is not legal, it is possible to find several human parts on the black market.
A large part of these illegal trade organs come from funeral home corpses. In this way, people are paid to remove parts of the dead body without the family being aware of the situation.
However, one of the most sought after organs is the kidney. This is due to the considerable number of people with kidney failure and the few clinics and hospitals that perform hemodialysis in the country.
Normally a healthy kidney costs on average 262 thousand dollars, which is equivalent to more or less 1 million reais on the black market. However, this value is for the United States and may vary by region.
Other organs may also be traded, such as the heart, which costs US$119,000, the liver, US$157,000, and the stomach, US$508. In addition, body parts are negotiated equally, such as shoulders, hands and forearms!
Finally, don't forget that this is a illegal practice and organ donation needs to be voluntary and not forced or coerced. Because if it were legally accepted by law, social inequality would increase even more, since the poorest would be led to sell their organs to the richest.
