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My house was very small then so I volunteered to have my kidney removed.\"      \u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Willie Balagtas, kidney donor\u003cbr/\u003eMany share Balagtas' reason for giving up one of their kidneys for a fee.\u003cbr/\u003eDemand for donors in the Philippines is high, making good business for so-called kidney brokers.\u003cbr/\u003eAs a result, donors like those in Bagong Lupa don't deal directly with the potential recipients of their organs.\u003cbr/\u003eThe middleman in this village is Dalmacio Zeta.  \u003cbr/\u003eOver the past seven years, Zeta says he's arranged the sale of at least 100 kidneys, mostly from his neighbours in Bagong Lupa.\u003cbr/\u003eHe gets a commission of 12-thousand pesos (300 U-S dollars) per kidney.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Tagalog) \u003cbr/\u003e\"It costs 100-thousand pesos (two and a half thousand U-S dollars). That's the ceiling.  Sometimes though, they are offered only 70-thousand pesos (17-hundred and 50 U-S dollars), sometimes 80-thousand pesos (two-thousand U-S dollars) only. My donors bite on the offer because they are gripping the knife's blade (they're desperate).\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Dalmacio Zeta, Kidney broker\u003cbr/\u003eZeta says all his kidney donors do it voluntarily.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile many believe that selling a kidney is the answer to their poverty-stricken lives, some opt to keep their bodies intact and decide to make ends meet with their meager earnings.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Tagalog)  \u003cbr/\u003e\"After passing the (medical) check-up, the doctor told us that we will be paid 60-thousand pesos as long as we agree to have our kidney removed. I refused to have it removed because money is not so important to me...what's important is my life because one's life will be destroyed once you removed an organ in your body.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Jose Abing, Resident who refused to sell kidney\u003cbr/\u003eMost of the kidney transplants in the Philippines are being done at the National Kidney Institute and here at the Saint Luke's Medical Centre.\u003cbr/\u003eSaint Luke's used to perform about 30 to 40 transplants a year.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the medical centre has suspended transplants from non-related voluntary donors after reports that syndicates were involved in procuring the organs.\u003cbr/\u003eSaint Luke's has also set up an ethics committee which is now scrutinising procedures in processing organ donations for local patients.\u003cbr/\u003eIt has already limited the transplant of kidneys for patients from donations by first degree relatives.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)  \u003cbr/\u003e\"We do not like the idea that there are middlemen brokering donations for a fee.  We would rather that the patients or their families themselves source or look for their own donors without going through middlemen who make it a business proposition.\"    \u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Jose F.G. Ledesma, President and Chief Executive Officer at Saint Luke's Medical Centre\u003cbr/\u003ePosing a health risk is another factor against voluntary donation.\u003cbr/\u003eFor Norberto Papa, giving up one of his kidneys three years ago meant being able to build a shanty for his family here in Bagong Lupa.\u003cbr/\u003eHe got 70-thousand pesos (17-hundred and 50 U-S dollars) for his kidney, but that money is now long gone and his lifestyle has changed.\u003cbr/\u003ePapa says he is now physically weaker and has to follow a strict diet to avoid any renal disease. \u003cbr/\u003eBecause he only has one kidney, and is technically disabled, he now has a difficult time getting a job.\u003cbr/\u003eEven so, Papa says he just takes consolation over the fact that his deed has allowed another man to live longer.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Tagalog)  \u003cbr/\u003e\"I am happy because I see my kidney alive in the other person. It's like his life has been extended.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION:  Norberto Papa, Kidney donor\u003cbr/\u003eThe Health Department is studying the implementation of guidelines to regulate organ donation.\u003cbr/\u003eBut that does not necessarily mean that people here in Bagong Lupa will stop selling their kidney in the hope of getting a better life for themselves.\u003cbr/\u003eLiving in extreme poverty offers little choice for those all too willing to make a sacrifice to survive.\u003cbr/\u003eManila, Philippines 24-25 August 1999 \u003cbr/\u003eAugust 24\u003cbr/\u003e1. Male kidney donors \u003cbr/\u003e2. Pan of donor's from face to scars at waist\u003cbr/\u003e3. Male kidney donors\u003cbr/\u003e4. Scars on waists\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Willie Balagtas, Kidney donor\u003cbr/\u003e6. Shoreline at squatter colony\u003cbr/\u003e7. Shanty amidst garbage\u003cbr/\u003e8. Children at squatter area\u003cbr/\u003e9. Kidney agent Dalmacio Zeta walking\u003cbr/\u003e10. Woman and child at window\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Dalmacio Zeta, Kidney broker\u003cbr/\u003e12. Squatter area\u003cbr/\u003e13. Male residents who refuse to sell their kidneys\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Jose Abing, Resident who refused to sell kidney\u003cbr/\u003eAugust 25\u003cbr/\u003e15. Exterior of St. Luke's Medical Centre\u003cbr/\u003e16. Jose F.G. Ledesma\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English) Jose F.G. Ledesma, President and Chief Executive Officer Saint Luke's Medical Centre\u003cbr/\u003eAugust 24\u003cbr/\u003e18. Scar at waist of Norberto Papa\u003cbr/\u003e19. Papa's house\u003cbr/\u003e20. Papa\u003cbr/\u003e21. Shanties\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Norberto Papa, Kidney donor\u003cbr/\u003e23. Scar at waist to faces of kidney donors\u003cbr/\u003e24. 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