Editing Organ donation (section)

==Controversies==
In 2008, California transplant surgeon Hootan Roozrokh was charged with [[dependent adult abuse]] for prescribing what prosecutors alleged were excessive doses of morphine and sedatives to hasten the death of a man with [[adrenoleukodystrophy|adrenal leukodystrophy]] and irreversible brain damage, to procure his organs for transplant.<ref name="urlSurgeon Accused of Speeding a Death to Get Organs - New York Times">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/us/27transplant.html|title=Surgeon Accused of Speeding a Death to Get Organs|author=Jesse McKinley|date=February 27, 2008 |work=The New York Times |access-date=May 2, 2008}}</ref> The case brought against Roozrokh was the first criminal case against a [[transplant surgeon]] in the US, and resulted in his acquittal. Further, Roozrokh successfully sued for [[defamation]] stemming from the incident.<ref>{{cite web|title=Transplant surgeon is defamed by surgical director at Loma Linda Medical Center|url=http://www.juryverdictalert.com/jury-verdicts/item/defamation/defamation-doctors|website=Jury Verdict Alert|publisher=Neubauer & Associates|access-date=April 16, 2017}}</ref>

At California's Emanuel Medical Center, neurologist Narges Pazouki said an organ-procurement organization representative pressed her to declare a patient brain-dead before the appropriate tests had been done.<ref name=NewZeal/> In September 1999, eBay blocked an auction for "one functional human kidney" which had reached a highest bid of $5.7&nbsp;million. Under United States federal laws, eBay was obligated to dismiss the auction for the selling of human organs, which is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $50,000 fine.<ref name="Human Organs and eBay">{{cite web|url=http://www.jhhuebert.com/articles/organs.html|title=Human Organs and Ebay: A Combination That Could Save Lives|author=J.H. Huebert|date=September 24, 1999 |work=The Collegian|access-date=November 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707071945/http://www.jhhuebert.com/articles/organs.html|archive-date=July 7, 2007 |url-status=unfit }}</ref>

On June 27, 2008, Indonesian Sulaiman Damanik, 26, pled guilty in a Singapore court for sale of his kidney to [[Tangs|CK Tang's]] executive chair, Tang Wee Sung, 55, for 150&nbsp;million [[rupiah]] (US$17,000). The Transplant Ethics Committee must approve living donor kidney transplants. Organ trading is banned in Singapore and in many other countries to prevent the exploitation of "poor and socially disadvantaged donors who are unable to make informed choices and suffer potential medical risks."{{quote without source|date=February 2024}} Toni, 27, the other accused, donated a kidney to an Indonesian patient in March, alleging he was the patient's adopted son, and was paid 186&nbsp;million rupiah (US$21,000).{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}