As a part of our internal organs, the kidneys play an extremely important role, but because the human body has two kidneys, many people subconsciously do not cherish the kidneys enough, which is why there is a well-known stalk of "selling kidneys".
A few years ago, when Apple's mobile phone was just popular all over the world, there were news reports that some people raised money to buy an Apple mobile phone by "selling their kidneys" in order to satisfy their vanity, just to experience the pleasure of a "local tyrant".
But after a short time, Apple's mobile phone was updated, and the original second-hand ** plummeted, as if the "kidney" of the year had become worthless.
Over time, it was thought that no one could do that stupid thing again, but in fact, in Nepal, a lesser-known South Asian country, such things were being ......played out day after day
There is a destitute village in Nepal, known as the "Kidney Valley", where countless young adults rely on "selling kidneys" to solve povertyAlmost everyone has that horrible surgical scar.
Some of them are here to buy a house, to build a house, and some are just to get rich, and their health is far less important than the wealth they have, but is that really the case?
Nepal was once ranked as one of the poorest countries in the world, so it is not surprising that the emergence of the "Kidney Valley" is not so surprising.
The so-called "Kidney Valley" is actually a small village called Hokse, which is no different from most villages in Nepal, just as ordinary, poor and backward.
Poor food, dilapidated shelters, and a daily struggle with poverty and misery are the norm in most parts of Nepal.
Nepal's economy is backward, the level of industry is not high, most of the industries are concentrated in textiles, medicinal materials, tea and other handicraft fields, the most profitable, but in the eyes of other countries the most inconspicuous tourism.
The scenery, snow-capped mountains, and temples here do seem to be a bit quiet and peaceful under the lens of countless travel bloggers, but these cannot hide the fact that Nepal is economically backward.
Out of reach of tourists, there are people at the bottom struggling to make ends meet, although there have been countless countries and organizations long agoEconomic assistance to Nepal for humanitarian reasons.
But it is better to give fish than to give fish, and the abundance of money is short-lived and does not benefit all the people. As a result, the people are still living a very difficult life under the pressure of the country's large population and the problem of unemployment.
Just like this village, which is called "Kidney Valley", before receiving this name, it also struggled in poverty for a long timeUntil an event happened that brought a terrible "turnaround" for it.
In the village,A girl named Geeta earned $1,300 by "selling her kidney" in another countryFor the local villagers, this amount of money can be described as a huge amount of money.
Geeta returned home, used the money to buy a foundation, built a nice house, and lived a prosperous life, and the standard of living suddenly left the other villagers around him far behind.
This made the poor villagers around them a little envious, and when they learned that the money for Jita's house was from selling his kidney, many people were suspicious and worried that it would cause harm to their bodies.
But time passed day by day, and Geeta did not have three long and two short, but lived well, so that,The wait-and-see villagers put their hearts in their stomachs and began to emulate Geeta's behavior one by one.
People are social animals, and it is impossible to get along with each other day after day without being influenced by the same kind around them, and after a long time, the people of this village even regard selling their kidneys as the only way to make a fortune.
Some rumors that cannot stand up to scrutiny have gradually spread around people: "a kidney will grow out if it is gone", "cutting a kidney is not harmful to the body at all, on the contrary, it is still good" and so on.
Almost all the young adults in the village had the terrible surgical scars, but they didn't think about it in the slightest, and they didn't take it seriously, not because they were "big-hearted", but because of their ignorance.
You must know that in most countries in the world, poverty is a difficult problem to solve, and the most difficult thing is not to make money, but to learn XiOnly by learning Xi knowledge can people become useful people in society, get decent jobs and get out of poverty.
Unfortunately, the majority of Nepalese do not have this awarenessThey are born with poverty, and it is precisely because of the word "poverty" that they cannot afford to go to school or study, and their ancestors have been ignorant people for generations, let alone teach by word and deed, so that future generations can succeed.
In this way, poverty is like a recurring spell that is firmly attached to them, becoming an unbreakable knot.
This is already a thorny social problem, and the villagers may not understand the affairs of the state, but they know very well how to make themselves and their families comfortable, even if they only look at the present, not behind them.
From the perspective of the villagers, "selling kidneys" is undoubtedly their only hope to get rid of hardship, and it is undeniable that they can see what kind of scenery they can see from what height, and they can only see the mud walls and tiles in front of them under the dangerous wall.
Just like the teenager who impulsively sold his kidney to buy an iPhone, the villagers of "Kidney Valley" quickly realized the impermanence of the world.
Five years ago, an 8Level 7 ** took away countless lives, and in addition to the tragedy, the house that the villagers had worked so hard to build at the cost of selling their kidneys also collapsed in an instant, leaving only a broken wall.
The scars of the operation are still hideous on the body, the house has collapsed, everything has come to naught, no matter how much you beat your chest and stomp your feet, your kidneys can't come backBut most people are not sad because they lost a kidney, but unfortunately there is no other shortcut in the short term
Since most people have sold a kidney,Repeating what you did before won't work. Although they may not regret it, after all, the years they got from selling their kidneys have been long enough, enough to raise a child, and enough to send away an old man, but they are just going around and around, and in the end they are still empty-handed.
There is an old Chinese saying: "The body is skinned, and the parents dare not damage it," which is mentioned many times in filial piety, and it also reflects the respect and reverence of Chinese for life since ancient times, and originally thought that this awe should exist all over the worldBut for the vast number of people struggling under the quagmire of Nepal, it still seems extremely luxurious.
Nepalese people mostly believe in Buddhism, Buddhism emphasizes that everything is empty and everything is one, in the final analysis, it is also to teach people to let go of greed, and live a life as plain as water and even hardships and hardships.
Many travel bloggers often write affectionately on their social ** accounts:"Nepal is a country where people have faith, and although Nepal is poor, there is no shortage of temples. ”
It is true that in order to make the most of the abundant tourism resources, there are often several exquisite temples not far from the snow-capped mountains that attract many tourists. Their faith is engraved in their bones, and poverty is also engraved in their bones
However, religion only teaches people to endure suffering, but does not tell people how to solve it, and religion cannot provide them with enough food and clothing, so people can only find their own way.
This kind of thing is very common in many countries, Guan Zi said, "Cang is sufficient, knows honor and disgrace," in the face of disasters, no one can be immune to themselves, and what is even more terrible is that embarrassment follows one after another, in front of the reality of collapseA situation of a hundred times more desperate than the previous poverty has emerged.
In the face of natural disasters, survival is a fluke, but a healthy body has become an important dependence for survival after a disaster, which is something that no one expected.
It's a pity that under a sudden **, I don't know who is busy with all the hard work, all the kidneys that have been cut off for "five buckets of rice", and the lowered heads, have become a bubble and an empty space.
If it is said that the kidney is sold in order to survive, the voice of sympathy must far overshadow the incomprehensible ridicule, but it must be emphasized that a small village as poor as "Kidney Valley" is not to the point where everyone is hungry and hungryThere are always people who give up their health for the sake of vanity
The naturally intact viscera has become the only bargaining chip in exchange for things outside the body, and some people even cut their kidneys for comparison, for all kinds of reasons, greedy and ridiculous.
Nepal's medical and health conditions are already poor, and people who did not hesitate to go to have their kidneys cut at the beginning probably had no idea what kind of hidden dangers would be planted in the spur of the moment.
Many people who are missing a kidney do not notice anything unusual at the time, but after a period of time they suffer from various unrelated minor problemsEither caused by a bacterial infection, or by improper operation, these are too heavy to pay for vanity
As the saying goes, "stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood," the preciousness of life is not about external things, but about the heart. There are so many poor people in the world, but such a "kidney valley" appears in the remote town of Hokse in Nepal, what does it mean?
No matter how backward the local economy is, most people still have some reverence for life. Traditional Chinese medicine often says that the meridians and veins in the human body are intertwined, the viscera are connected, and no organ will be completely redundant.
Hao Wanshan, a famous old Chinese medicine doctor in China, once said in response to a reporter's relevant question: "On the news, a baby in the United States was born without hearing, and at the same time, accompanied by a lack of kidney function, the kidney was born with half missing, which confirms the relationship between the kidney and the ear in traditional Chinese medicine. ”
For the role of the kidney, Western medicine also dare not underestimate the kidney, as an important part of the urinary systemOnce one is missing, it will increase the burden on the other, you may not feel anything for a short time, but after a long time, it will still have an impact on your body.
Very few people living in the village of Hokse know this, but if they do, what if they do?
In an environment that everyone is eager for, it is not so simple to live in povertyHuman nature itself is complex enough, not to mention the impetus of external forces
is like a teenager who once sold his kidney to buy an Apple mobile phone, ten years later he still fell ill, his height of one meter nine was only 120 pounds, and he couldn't do anything in bed in his good years, and his life was ruined like this, although the hospital involved was prosecuted afterwardsThe family also received 1.27 million yuan in compensation, but the former health could not be replaced.
It is conceivable that the so-called "selling kidneys" is illegal anywhere, and it is unreasonable from any point of viewWound infections are even more common.
A single thought of life is ruined, and the already precarious days will only make things worse. Such a "kidney valley" is not only the sorrow of the bottom societyIt is also the sorrow of everyone who sells kidneys.
People who make amazing choices are often left to chance, such as the emergence of Nepal's "Kidney Valley", as if it were a surefire deal.
But if one or two survive, it will attract countless young and strong villagers to come one after anotherIt seems that it really ushered in a shortcut to get rich overnightMany of life's problems have disappeared invisibly.
In Nepal, where per capita income is woefully low, $1,300 seems like an unimaginable astronomical amount, but they don't know that the organ that has been in the body for decadesIn the process of changing hands, they are still exploited fiercely.
All the risks of life and death are borne by themselves, and in the process of changing hands, dozens of huge profits of more than $1,300 have nothing to do with them, but have all fallen into the hands of black intermediaries who have lost their conscience.
Nepal is a poor country, and poverty is often accompanied by confusion and ignorance, and it is sad and sad that these are those who deserve sympathy and helpIn the eyes of another group of people, they have become exploited "leeks".
Under the confinement of this cruel economic law of the jungle, poverty, chaos and ignorance are well exploited to form a dirty underground industrial chain.
This "industrial chain" has been going on for a long time, and it is true that there are personal factors driving it, but more often it is the powerlessness of the national level.
Although Nepal** introduced a policy to prohibit organ trade as early as 2007, due to the astonishing number of poor people, this business that was cut off on the surface is only put on a more hidden cloak and continues to lurk in a large number of impoverished areas.
One of the important reasons why such things continue to be banned is that the poor are too poor, and they do not hesitate to help the criminals cover for the sake of money, until they successfully sell their organs.
According to incomplete surveys, about 7,000 people in Nepal choose to cut their kidneys every year, which is a huge "kidney" export market, while developed countries such as Europe and the United States are mostly buyers, and buyers will not imagineThey paid a lot of money for the organs they bought in order to survive, and they originally paid only $1,300.
Nepal** is well aware of the problems in the country, and has made efforts to alleviate poverty, but it has always been unsatisfactory.
Looking at various countries, it is also the matter that China will alleviate poverty in just a few decadesIt has achieved the point where everyone can have food and clothing, and families can live in peace, which is the result of the same mind.
Nepal, as a neighbor of China, is often compared by travel bloggers who have climbed the HimalayasThe other side of the mountain is prosperous and rich, and the other side of the mountain is dilapidated.
Indeed, the source of all evil is poverty, just like the well-known line in the movie "I Am Not the God of Medicine":There is only one disease in the world, and that is the disease of poverty.
As the old saying goes, people have a rod and scale in their hearts, and they always have to weigh the weight, just imagine, if the Nepalese people live a prosperous life and have smooth access to information, who would risk their lives to cut their kidneys?The insects of life and twilight are still greedy for life, not to mention the vigorous life of the old and the young?
The only consolation is that after the experience, Nepal rebuilt its homeland, even if it was difficult and bumpy, but there was no news of a second "kidney valley".
People build their lives with their hands, and although the road in the dark is long, as long as they walk step by step, they will eventually come to an end.
For many years,China's vigorous assistance to Nepal has been continuous, whether it is the economic endowment for fishing, or the medical and health supplies, they are not stingy.
Nepal's own positive attitude is also gratifyingA strategic partnership with China was also finalized two years agoI believe that in the near future, poverty in Nepal will be improved until there is a path of self-reliance and self-reliance.