Would you donate your kidney to a stranger?

Short & Curly

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Society & Culture, Philosophy, Kids & Family

4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

They cut a small hole in your abdomen, blow some carbon dioxide into your tummy so it puffs up like a balloon, then carefully take out a perfectly healthy part of your body. Yikes. This is what happens when you donate a kidney. Most of us have two, but we really only need one to live long and healthy lives. So, if a family member or friend had kidney disease and you discovered yours was a perfect match, would you donate one? And what about if that person was a stranger?

Would that change your answer?

Producer: Kyla Slaven

Executive Producer: Ian Walker

Guest: Michael Page, Centre for Effective Altruism, United Kingdom

Brains Trust: Oliver, Hugh, Lily, Polly, Georgie, and Paddy from Millthorpe Public School, NSW

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0:00.0	You're listening to Short and Curly.
0:08.3	Hi, Carl.
0:09.5	Come in, have a seat.
0:12.4	Thank you, Dr. Daniels.
0:14.0	I've brought you into the Short and Curly Hospital because, well, there's no easy way to say this.
0:20.2	Oh, no.
0:21.0	What's happened? Oh, boy, this sounds like bad to say this. Oh, no. What's happened?
0:22.1	Oh, boy, this sounds like bad news.
0:24.1	No, Carl, just...
0:25.2	Am I dying?
0:26.1	Or going bald?
0:27.3	Oh, the humanity.
0:28.5	Carl, just listen.
0:30.1	We have a patient down the hall whose kidneys have stopped working.
0:34.1	He needs help or he might not survive.
0:37.0	That's terrible.
0:38.2	Yeah. What he really needs now is for someone to give him one of their kidneys.
0:43.7	If only I was able to give this person a kidney, God, I would do it in a heartbeat or a kidney
0:50.8	beat.
0:51.5	Sick joke, Carl. But the reason I brought you in here is because you are able to give this man a kidney.
0:58.8	We've done the science and your kidney is a perfect match for his body.
1:04.1	Whoa, hectic.
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