Organ Trading In S'pore. Allowed Or Disallowed?

Last Friday, my class had a current affairs discussion on whether organ trading should be allowed or disallowed in Singapore. The panellists all came prepared with speeches and powerpoints on their opinion to the topic. One of the speakers, Kevan, played as the economist (I think so). His opinion was that organ trading should be allowed in Singapore. However, many of my classmates disagreed as they think that if organ trading is allowed, only the rich would be able to afford to buy the organs but the poor can't as they are unable to pay the costs of buying the organs. Thus, when the poor people have illnesses such as kidney failure, they would not be able to immediately get a kidney as they have no money and would be out in waiting list at the hospitals. By then, these poor people would have already died while waiting for someone to donate them a kidney.

Some classmates also asked Kevan what if the poor wanted to sell their organs just for the money without caring for their health. Kevan told them that the hospital would do a medical checkup on these people first before making a decision if they are fit enough to sell their organs. After Kevan said this, I wondered what if the patients were as fit as a fiddle before selling their organs and their health deteriorated after selling their organs.

Personally, I think that organ trading should not be allowed in Singapore as this might cost the health of the poor people to deteriorate as a result of their need of money to support their own families. Allowing organ trading would also mean being unfair to the poor people as they would have no money to pay the hospital bills for organ transplant. In conclusion, I think that organ trading should not be allowed in Singapore.