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i am glad i diddent get that e,mail....

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I find this impossible to believe. For a start, as Westender says, the incision would be a great deal larger (I have worked on a renal unit), and the person concerned would certainly not be able to get out of a bath. Also, there would have been a strong likelihood of him dying of hypothermia before coming round. The clincher is both kidneys being taken. You can function on one kidney well enough, but for a very short period with none. Taking one I could perhaps believe, but it would be sheer insanity to take both. The scenario also posits a skilled renal surgeon, an equally skilled assistant, an anaesthetist, and a scrub nurse, at the minimum crew. It's difficult to believe you could find four people in the medical professions prepared to condemn someone to a possible painful and lingering death for that amount of money. Yes, it sounds like a lot, but if you are setting up such a party, it works out at about $200 Australian each! I anticipate hearing Lettie's and Margaret's views!

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can I flog one of mine to the highest bidder please? A certain legal action is going to cost a bomb. :(

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This e mail has been doing the rounds for years. It is one of the first e mails I got 5 years ago when I first got my computer. Removal of kidneys for transplant is a procedure requiring consummate surgical skill way beyond that of a medical student for them to be of any use for transplant. Without diathermy and correct tying off of renal arteries and veins (something which requires good visibility beyond that of the average hotel room) the donor would die during the operation. In order to slow down circulation to the point where there is minimal blood loss, the donor would have to be cooled during the procedure. I cannot see how it is possible to remove both kidneys to transplant standards in this way without buggering up the kidneys and killing the donor... Maybe I'll find out in Sydney later this year...:D

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How else do you expect me to finance the holiday? :rolleyes: Or did you have me lined up as the donor? :eek:

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I reckon that our organs would be fairly useless by now Sparks, unless red wine is a good preservative...:D

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what a load of cobblers. I live in Australia and if the story was true it would make world headlines. Some people will believe anything.