6 year old had his eyes gouged out by organ traffickers

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Splatulated wrote on 2013-08-27 20:24

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2402741/Parents-horror-Chinese-boy-6-eyes-GOUGED-OUT-kidnapped-organ-trafficker-stole-corneas.html
Cynic wrote on 2013-08-28 04:09

The word 'gouge' kind of implies that it would damage the eye, but I assume that it was done at least somewhat properly, otherwise it would've been redundant.

Still, I don't get why so few donate their eyes to begin with. What could be more important than trying to save somebody's life (or improving it)?
drezzt wrote on 2013-08-28 04:30

The problem with donating eyes, or any body part for that matter, is that they wear away with age.
People want to keep their eyes until the day they die. The grand majority of people are very reliant on sight.
People can put their eyes and organs up for removal after they die. However, how many eyes are in working condition at that point? Better yet, how many people will ever die of old age compared to the people who meet hasty deaths, or who acquire some form of disease that would render their bodies not suitable for donation?

I feel bad for the boy, he will have to suffer through risky surgery if he is ever to see again. And he has only seen the world for 6 years, and has been registering for even less. But maybe he won't ever have to see how ugly the world truly is this way.
Elleanior wrote on 2013-08-29 00:05

Quote from Cynic;1141248:
Still, I don't get why so few donate their eyes to begin with. What could be more important than trying to save somebody's life (or improving it)?

You obviously haven't thought this out completely.

Because who the hell wants to be parted with them. Unless you can't see in the first place, your eyes are a vital part to staying alive, and not very many people would be willing to just give them away. Imagine yourself without your eyes, and the danger that you'd be in for a long time until you could adjust to the lack of eyesight. Hell, it'll be permanent danger, even if you can accustom to it, because of how important eyes are for humans. If you can't understand, try keeping your eyes shut for an entire day and going about your life as normal. Even losing one eye can be major. (I have a friend who's legally blind in one eye, which means that her depth perception sucks ass, and she's injured herself many times because of it.) While certainly you can help somebody if you just donate the part of your one eye, it'll still be difficult as hell to cope with, and not everybody can deal with that.