You must have adobe acrobat reader 3.0 or higher to use and print this file. Consider becoming an organ donor by signing a donor card and making sure you inform your family of your wishes. It has been circulated on the internet for several years, by people who have a malicious desire to spread wild rumors in order to cause a massive public panic. There is no documented proof that this scenerio is in fact true. In fact, the National Kidney Foundation has offered an award to anyone who had this happen to them to step foward and tell their story.
Nobody ever has.
It simply doesn't make sense. Performing a donor nephrectomy takes the skills of a highly trained surgeon and all the neccessary medical equipment found in an operating room. It cannot be performed in a hotel room, by just any medical student with a few years of a medical school education and a dirty scalpel. To learn more about the urban legend myths To those people who are waiting on the list for a transplant who would like to have an opportunity chat with a transplant recipient. You are welcome to join in a live chat with me using the newly improved chatroom.