A MEASURE TO STOP HUMAN ORGANS TRADE IN PHILIPPINES

The donation of kidneys is banned in Philippines. Foreigners bought the organs from poor filipinos who sold their organs to feed their families. It was just like a well organized black market with many people in the chain who filled their pockets.

MANILA, Philippines – Representative Rene Relampagos of the first congressional district of Bohol said more than 3,000 young Filipinos have already sold their internal organs to foreigners through middlemen. foreigners and local middlemen were taking advantage of impoverished Filipinos by buying their organs.
In some countries, organ donation is common on moral and ethical grounds. However, in the Philippines, it is largely a matter dictated by the need for cash.

• "Many foreigners come to the Philippines to take advantage of the hapless Filipino who will do just about anything to make a few bucks," he said.

Relampagos said middlemen get a significant part of the price paid by the patient, while the donor was paid a relatively smaller sum.
A measure has been filed before the Philippine legislature which seeks to stop the trade on human organs by local middlemen and foreigners.

Source: Agency