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There’s been a little bit of talk here where I live (Australia) about whether people should be able to sell their organs to those in need.
Now we have a (very) right wing conservative government here in Australia, and a frustrating thing about conservative governments is that they’re really good at forcing their religious views on […]

Welcome to the new look Renal Unit Blog
I expect to spend a lot more time around here now, discussing the issues that are important to dialysis patients and kidney transplant recipients.
So check back soon!

So it’s just about five months to the day since I wrote this post.
The interesting thing is, that in that time, I’ve had absolutely no visitors at dialysis, other than my wife and kids, my dad, and my younger sister. Not a single friend has found the time to visit me at dialysis, even considering […]

The Epoch times is reporting that the long persecuted Falun Gong religious sect are being used as an organ bank for China’s thriving organ transplant industry.
According to some reports, 15,000 to 20,000 organ transplants are performed in China every year, including approximately 5,000 kidney transplants.
Advertising organ transplant matching and surgical services by Chinese hospitals has […]

Article is here
Apparently, Canada is starting to do what’s called a “paired Kidney Transplant”, where kidneys are “swapped” between family members or friends of other families.
For example, if I need a kidney, and your wife is a match, and you need a kidney transplant, and my (lovely) wife is a match for you, we all […]

Where the hell is my transplant?