KABULL (SW) – More and more signs of desperation stemming from are the dreadful state of the economy emerging in the society.
Mohammad Nasser, 27, wants to sell his kidney to get out of these problems. He says poor living conditions and economic problems have led him to do so.
Young Nasser is educated and has a healthy body. He has been trained in the Faculty of Law and Political Science for three years and is also a second year student in the Faculty of Public Administration and Policy. Nasser has worked in government offices for about three years; But he is unemployed now.
Nasser says his mother and father are ill and he is engaged, his father has prostate disease and needs surgery. This has forced him to sell his pollen.
He says he sells his kidney for 600,000 afghanis and a buyer finds out he wants to get it for 300,000; But Nasser does not think this amount of money is enough to solve his problems.
On the other hand, Basir Ahmad, a resident of Herat, told Salam Watandar that he has been thinking about selling his kidney for more than a month; But has not found a buyer yet. Basir cites poverty as a reason.
He says he has eight children and has not paid hoise rent for nine months. Basir, like Nasser, has faced a stalemate in finding a buyer for his kidney.
Recent developments in the country have not only made Nasser and Basir unemployed, but also challenged them to sell their kidneys. Due to the new regulations of the Islamic Emirate, they are facing difficulties in receiving buyers.
Nematullah Rezaei, a kidney transplant specialist at a Kabul hospital, says kidney transplants have declined due to the poor economic situation of the people and changes in organ transplant regulations.
He says that in the past there was no serious ban on transplanting kidney from a stranger, but now the Ministry of Public Health has set up a commission that, except in exceptional cases, no one can transplant another person’s kid to their patient.
Haroon Hajar, head of the hemodialysis department at Jamhoriat Hospital, also told Salam Watandar that no government hospital performs kidney transplants. He says officials at the Ministry of Public Health have told them they will set up a transplant operation unit.
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