Still for sale: one leg
- 26 May 06, 4:53 PM
While we're vaguely on the subject of prosthetic limbs - see previous entry - if you've listened to this month's fabulous Ouch Podcast, you'll have heard presenter Mat Fraser mention the story of a New Zealand man who has been trying to on the net.
So far he's not had much luck. The first trading site he tried to flog it on refused him because they don't allow the sale of body parts. Then he advertised the sale on the radio, but the largest bid he received was only four thousand NZ dollars.
But the seller, Shane Torrance of Auckland, is considering that offer - the only problem being that he has been threatened with charges and a prison sentence if the sale goes ahead. In response, Torrance has argued that they can't put him behind bars for selling something which belongs to him.
Crippled Monkey wonders: if the case comes to court, will he have a leg to stand on? (I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but it had to be done. I just couldn't resist.)
Comments
Who'll "foot" the bill for the legal action? And why didn't Adam Hills bid for it?
Is being a 7 1/2 year sober recovering Alcoholic qualify me to be considered a disabled
human?
I am presently on a third waiting list for surgery... The end product of an accident 6 years ago, which in my mind should have left me a full amputee. Be that as it may, when the system finally realises that my arm should have been taken off in 2000, I can tell you that there will be no fancy false arm for me - not at all. I will be given a very basic prosthetic that will resemble the arms of a shop maniquin (sp?) - the NHS is not prepared to spend anything more on a disabled, over 40 year old patient... which could have been so different if they had done the right thing at the time. But that's the sign of the time - get used of it...
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