Lebanese pointing to poverty “Let’s put it in selling our members on Facebook “

The life in Lebanon has changed and the livelihoods of the Lebanese have rapidly deteriorated since the end of 2019, until their daily concern has become to obtain fuel, medicine and infant formula, due to the decline in their purchasing power due to the collapse of the lira against the dollar.

However, no one imagined that some Lebanese would go so far as to sell their organs and “children” for the sake of life and constancy.

I offered my kidney to heal my son

A few months ago, Nabil (pseudonym because he refused to reveal his true identity) wrote a post on his Facebook page in which he offered in selling his kidney to help his only son, who has been bedridden for some time due to a disease that has affected his intestines.

In an interview with Al-Arabiya.net, clarified that he had only that vehicle left after it had been blocked by all means.

He added: “My last concern is living, what matters is my child’s health.” He continued: “My son’s health condition worsened every day and I was not in able to get my medicines. Job in a hookah shop and I make 25,000 pounds a day (less than two dollars according to the black market exchange rate). This isn’t enough to feed my son and wife, so how’s it going with buying medicines that are expensive? “?

Bad economic and living conditions in Lebanon (archive - AFP)

Bad economic and living conditions in Lebanon (archive – AFP)

organ trafficking offense

However, Nabil’s offer to sell his kidney, which was met with the interaction of several people inside and outside Lebanon, to the extent in who was about to start the agreements for the deal with one of them, it did not go well.

He solicited the intervention of the police, asking him to come and question him for the crime of “organ trafficking, before releasing him”.

But Nabil (son of a village in central Bekaa) did not give up and, when asked if his offer to sell his kidney is still valid, confirmed that he is continuing his move, but this time without “fuss”. “or an official announcement for fear of being arrested again by the security forces.

    (archive - AFP)

(archive – AFP)

Poverty does not forgive

Furthermore, he confirmed that he was ready for anything, as he could no longer bear to see his son suffer. “Poverty does not forgive, my son is suffering and I cannot do anything for him,” she said.

He continued: “Two months ago, I had a foot accident and couldn’t buy medicine, and the pain was getting worse every day. I’m a young man in my thirties. a disease that has affected your intestines for more than a year. “

Furthermore, he reiterated: “Of course, my offer is still valid, and I know many people who are considering selling their organs due to the difficult economic conditions Lebanon is experiencing, but fear that the security forces will arrest them for the organ trafficking offense “.

Bad economic and living conditions in Lebanon (archive - AFP)

Bad economic and living conditions in Lebanon (archive – AFP)

He added: “I thank my father for leaving a small three-room mud house for me and my family, otherwise things would have been a lot worse.

I don’t care about health risks

The case of Nabil is no different from that of Abd Abu Hussein Al-Sheikho for the reasons and the reasons why he offered in selling his kidneys, but the difference between them is that the offer of quest’last is still open and publicly available on his Facebook page, in to pay for years for her diabetic mother’s care after her leg was amputated.

In this context, the man who has been displaced since 2014 with his family from Syria to Lebanon to escape the war and has settled in the Bourj Hammoud area of ​​Mount Lebanon, he told Al Arabiya.net of not having found any other way for him. He continued: “I have no choice but to sell my kidney . I know there are health repercussions that can be severe following the operation, but my family is the priority.”

Abdul, who currently works in a shawarma shop, and receives a modest salary that is not enough to satisfy his family’s hunger, he added that his mother’s health conditions worsen during the day in day.

Bad economic and living conditions in Lebanon (archive - AFP)

Bad economic and living conditions in Lebanon (archive – AFP)

Furthermore, he said: “I want nothing more from this life than to support my family. The Lebanese are suffering from deteriorating living conditions, so what is the situation for us displaced people?”

He also confirmed that “he was unable to bring his children to school, because he does not have the money, despite having submitted requests for help to a large number of associations that deal with the condition of the displaced, but received no response”. till now.”

Law and sale of organs

Interestingly, the laws in Lebanon criminalize the issue of organ sales and prohibit contracts on the human body.

Farida Younan, on the other hand, general coordinator of the National Commission for the donation and transplantation of human organs and tissues, explained in a statement to Al Arabiya.net: “Lebanese law prohibits and severely punishes the sale of organs. The Ministry of Public Health and the National Authority have set conditions and controls for living donations, to protect the living donor and prevent any illegal donation.

He added: “Despite this, we sometimes get calls asking them to sell their organs, but the committee’s response is clear and firm that the sale of organs is prohibited and exposes its owner to legal proceedings.”

From Lebanon (Reuters archive photo)

From Lebanon (Reuters archive photo)

Financial distress but

Furthermore, he stressed that everyone realizes that “there is great financial and economic hardship, but nothing justifies the sale of a person to one of its members because this is a violation of human sanctity and dignity. We are trying to advise them to find a job, but we have no right to evaluate them. “

He wanted the media put their hands in the hands of all bodies similar to the National Authority to shed light on how to activate organ donation programs for the deceased in our region and on the needs of patients in waiting and to keep this humanitarian question away from political labyrinths, because organ donation is above all a political, sectarian, racial and geographical consideration.

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