hecklerkoch
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Say, did anybody catch 'Inside' on National Geographic Channel just now?
I don't know if it's well known but some of the things I learnt from this particular episode is quite flabbergasting, to say the least.
I'm a bit concerned because Singaporeans are known to go to China for organ transplant transactions and procedures.
In one of the segments of this episode which was about human organ transplant, they were interviewing a Chinese medical doctor on self-exile in Europe, and he talked about the shocking revelation that tens of thousands of organ transplants came from executed prisoners in China!
It seems that tens of thousands of people are executed in China annually, punished because of drug crimes, robbery and even white-collar crimes.
And it gets worse because these people do not even know that their organs are going to be harvested after their execution. Hell, the doctor even said that it is normal for ambulances and medical teams to stand by at execution sites and bring the cadavers inside their vehicles immediately after they fall down to the ground, and cut their bodies up and take their kidneys/livers/hearts!
OMG!!
It should be a concern because I don't think these people were tested for diseases before their organs are harvested, and the thousands of people who come to China, including scores of Singaporeans, are non the wiser about whether the organs they receive are healthy or diseased.
Part of the reason why this is happening is because the Chinese believe that their own body should be 'complete' when they die, otherwise they wouldn't have peace in the afterworld, or something like that. But the organ transplant trade is too huge to ignore for the Chinese, and the rest of the world.
So, I think it's best to let your friends and relatives know, if they are planning to get organs in China - to take the necessary precautions because they may end up worse, after spending tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy organs and undergo the transplant.
It would be such a waste of hard-earned money if the unthinkable happens, and immunosuppression drugs that have to be taken for life, is very expensive too. No point wasting your life if you are not careful.

I don't know if it's well known but some of the things I learnt from this particular episode is quite flabbergasting, to say the least.
I'm a bit concerned because Singaporeans are known to go to China for organ transplant transactions and procedures.
In one of the segments of this episode which was about human organ transplant, they were interviewing a Chinese medical doctor on self-exile in Europe, and he talked about the shocking revelation that tens of thousands of organ transplants came from executed prisoners in China!
It seems that tens of thousands of people are executed in China annually, punished because of drug crimes, robbery and even white-collar crimes.
And it gets worse because these people do not even know that their organs are going to be harvested after their execution. Hell, the doctor even said that it is normal for ambulances and medical teams to stand by at execution sites and bring the cadavers inside their vehicles immediately after they fall down to the ground, and cut their bodies up and take their kidneys/livers/hearts!
OMG!!
It should be a concern because I don't think these people were tested for diseases before their organs are harvested, and the thousands of people who come to China, including scores of Singaporeans, are non the wiser about whether the organs they receive are healthy or diseased.
Part of the reason why this is happening is because the Chinese believe that their own body should be 'complete' when they die, otherwise they wouldn't have peace in the afterworld, or something like that. But the organ transplant trade is too huge to ignore for the Chinese, and the rest of the world.
So, I think it's best to let your friends and relatives know, if they are planning to get organs in China - to take the necessary precautions because they may end up worse, after spending tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy organs and undergo the transplant.
It would be such a waste of hard-earned money if the unthinkable happens, and immunosuppression drugs that have to be taken for life, is very expensive too. No point wasting your life if you are not careful.
