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BBC Scotland journalist Paula MacKinnon uncovers a market for human organs in her attempt to donate one of her healthy kidneys to a stranger in a bid to save a life. You may think I'm mad but I'm not - I actually think what I'm doing is very simple. Paula MacKinnon had originally planned to donate a kidney to her mother I am donating one of my kidneys to a stranger. I don't need two. I have researched it well and am convinced that I will not suffer health-wise. I came to this decision after my mother had kidney failure - I started the process of donating to her but we were not compatible. She has other health problems and doesn't want a transplant now anyway. The tests started 10 months ago - a lot of them - blood tests, scans and being injected with dye, amongst many other things. It's not been easy to be honest and... [read full story]
