Episode III. The Kidney Heist

As science progresses, as does our understanding of medicine. With that comes an ever-growing list of life saving operations for those in need - but with this, comes an ever growing list of people who require it. The waiting times for certain operations are unanimously too long around the world, with many requiring transplants to replace the certain organs they have that may be steamrolling its vessel into an early grave.As the internet progresses and expands the amount of information we receive on a daily basis, our understanding of the importance of such procedures and the dangers of the waiting times reach us all. It seems inevitable, with our often-cynical views of the world around us, that stories of a darker side of this incredible feat of science and medicine would arise, teasing our insecurities and fears. With many citizens of our capitalistic societies seeing tax for universal healthcare as theft, we can only imagine how horrifying it would be to find that thing that was stolen was a part of yourself. www.lrmordue.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.