More patients turning to Internet for organs

At this time, there are an estimated 87,000 people on the national organ transplant waiting list. Donations from the deceased aren't keeping up the vast amount of organs needed by patients. Frustrated patients and their families are beginning to turn to live donors; but surgeons, ethicists, and federal officials who oversee the system are worried that this is unfair to those on a waitlist.
The internet is now full of sites dedicated to patients looking for transplants. For the first time ever, an organ transplant has been performed on a recipient that met his donor through the internet. Officials delayed the surgery in order to make sure that there was no payment being given to the donor, as this is illegal. Officials are trying to figure out how to keep the system standing and fair.
It is being questioned whether or not healthy individuals should donate organs, as well, as it could pose them health risks later in life.

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