An Australian doctor has proposed that the government pay up to $47,000 for kidney donations to overcome a chronic shortage.
The suggestion has touched off debate around the country on the
idea, which critics say will end in the poor selling their organs to
the rich.
Kidney specialist Gavin Carney says allowing the sale of organs
would save thousands of lives and billions of dollars in care for
patients on transplant waiting lists.
He also says it would stop people from buying organs on the black
market in developing countries, where they pursue risky, unregulated
surgeries. (news)
