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  • Dr Halstead goes into detective mode when he suspects his patient is donating his kidney through the black market.
    From Chicago Med Season 4 Episode 20 'More Harm Than Good' - Dr. Charles and Dr. Manning disagree on how to handle a patient who they discover is poisoning herself; Dr. Rhodes throws some serious accusations at Dr. Bekker; Dr. Halstead has suspicions about Natalie's new boyfriend; Dr. Choi tends to Bernie.
    Chicago Med (2015) The doctors and nurses who work at the emergency ward of the Gaffney Chicago Medical Center strive to save the lives of their patients while dealing with personal and interpersonal issues.
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  • @lozzylols
    @lozzylols Рік тому +2269

    I always find this interesting, because even if a relative gifts you a kidney I can't believe you don't feel indebted for life anyway

    • @miranda13c
      @miranda13c Рік тому +63

      I know Sarah Hyland felt incredibly guilty over her little brother donating his kidney for her because her dad had donated his kidney for her the first time but sadly it was rejected and not viable. So she felt guilty, especially since she is the older sibling and felt like she should be the one protecting and helping her little brother rather than him being the one who saves her. Obviously she didn’t do anything wrong and all of that but I don’t know how she would feel since I have never been in that situation. I’d say a lot of organ recipients feel that guilt.

    • @kingrock242
      @kingrock242 Рік тому +18

      So I got a kidney from my father, who was absent my entire life, only got it from him because my mom paid him to help me live...... Am i to feel indebted for life in that instance as well? Please people think before you just put any self righteous comments on these platforms thank you

    • @generichuman2044
      @generichuman2044 Рік тому +17

      It really depends on the person and situation I suppose. My mum recievex a kidney transplant from her mum. Any time they've had arguments, my nan brings up the fact my mum should be grateful to still be alive because of the transplant. It's a pretty nasty thing to say to someone

    • @jayleighbear
      @jayleighbear Рік тому

      @@generichuman2044eah it’s an amazing thing to do for someone but it should not be used as a trap card in arguments or something to hold over another persons head. if the donator ends up doing bad things the receiver should not have to feel obligated to keep the donator in their life. organ donations are meant to be a selfless act. not one with strings attached

    • @takumi2023
      @takumi2023 Рік тому

      gratitude fades over time.

  • @HulklingsBoyfriend
    @HulklingsBoyfriend Рік тому +2217

    For those of you unaware - organs bought are from poor people exploited by the rich. The "donor" is someone beyond desperate for cash and sells their organ, decreasing their quality and quantity of life, whole the rich person has no such downside.
    It's exploitation.

    • @Billybobjoe_151
      @Billybobjoe_151 Рік тому

      So is buying almost anything in a capitalist society. That doesn't make it wrong. Are we going to hunt down all the fatty food companies that flood the market with cheap non nutritional meals in the poor areas of the US?

    • @brontewcat
      @brontewcat Рік тому +34

      Absolutely. It is even more concerning that a few people posting do not see the issue with it

    • @kjlh9
      @kjlh9 Рік тому +44

      If the poor person is aware of the implications and is making an informed decision I dont see the issue. Theres a difference between offering someone a million dollars and blackmailing/threatening someone. If anyone is at fault its the overall foundation of society that allows certain people to be so far in poverty

    • @Cub_K
      @Cub_K Рік тому +51

      @@kjlh9 Being in poverty puts you in an altered mental state where you're willing to do things for money that you wouldn't otherwise if of sound mind. I'd argue someone selling their organ because they're in poverty is doing so under duress.

    • @kjlh9
      @kjlh9 Рік тому +21

      @@Cub_K people make decisions all the time based on their current circumstances. Are you saying we should prohibit them from making their own decisions because theyre too stressed due to poverty or other situations?

  • @MsMaryPatricia
    @MsMaryPatricia Рік тому +2183

    There was a case in the US where a woman donated a kidney to her boss and then she was fired. People are initially ecstatic to get the transplant, but their gratitude depletes over time. I'm not a huge follower of celebrity news but I remember Selena Gomez needing a kidney transplant and she got one from a friend who was in her early 20's. At the time Selena was gushing about her friend and how much she owed her etc etc. I read recently there's some drama about Selena not acknowleding her friend anymore.
    Donating a kidney is a HUGE deal. You might think you will be in that person's life for life, but that's not the case. However, you will be dealing with the consequences of only having one kidney for the rest of your life. Hence why medical professionals do their best to make sure that you are making an informed decision. People being pressured into donating is a real thing. It could be because they're related, or it could be because they're poor and looking to make quick money and don't realise the life long effects.

    • @hellyxanhellz1944
      @hellyxanhellz1944 Рік тому +142

      Oh long story short Selena and her are no longer friends and her friend was practically rushed into deciding to give it to her because Selena found out she was match before her and she was hesitant about giving it to her

    • @MsMaryPatricia
      @MsMaryPatricia Рік тому +17

      @@hellyxanhellz1944 Thanks for the info.

    • @Pat097
      @Pat097 Рік тому +8

      Exactly! I heard about both of those stories, too.

    • @habibadokubo-asari211
      @habibadokubo-asari211 Рік тому +34

      Didn’t Francia come out and say that it was just a rumor and they’re still friends?

    • @heathervelasco5159
      @heathervelasco5159 Рік тому +1

      Plus the seller runs risks to

  • @thomasplouffe1363
    @thomasplouffe1363 Рік тому +316

    crap they actually are cousins

    • @emmamcmahon1738
      @emmamcmahon1738 Рік тому +62

      Doesn't mean he can't be exploited even if they are family

  • @unclelink
    @unclelink Рік тому +295

    Profitable. A word you don't want to hear in a hospital. America is weird when it comes to healthcare.

    • @ascent8487
      @ascent8487 8 місяців тому +16

      Weird? Corrupt. I believe you mean corrupt.

    • @addisonwelsh
      @addisonwelsh 4 місяці тому +1

      You do know private healthcare exists in countries other than America, right?

    • @KossolaxtheForesworn
      @KossolaxtheForesworn 3 місяці тому

      @@addisonwelsh people dont use them unless they are idiots. they will pump all money out of patients they can doing all sort of useless tests and end up with same outcome as the public hospital would.

    • @smolapril
      @smolapril 2 місяці тому

      @@addisonwelsh bruh, are you serious? are you seriously gonna defend "American Healthcare System"?

    • @addisonwelsh
      @addisonwelsh 2 місяці тому

      @@smolapril Considering OP was acting as though private healthcare is a phenomenon unique to the US? In this case, I shall.
      Blame op for being uninformed.

  • @emmamcmahon1738
    @emmamcmahon1738 Рік тому +277

    Bro don't they have a translator anywhere. I definitely wouldn't be doing a surgery without a translator present since that is a lawsuit waiting to happen and a life on my hands

    • @dianagoenaga7263
      @dianagoenaga7263 Рік тому +11

      It's apparently a really obscure language to most countries. It's not even on Google translate

    • @lordrevan571
      @lordrevan571 Рік тому +12

      Gagauz is a rather uncommon language, one of the few very obscure ones on earth. Only a small percent of the population speak it, and it's a small percent of the small percent of Romania. If you find someone who can speak fluent Gagauz and English i'd love to meet them, because that's about as rare as finding someone who can speak English, Somalian, Russian, French and ancient Sumerian.

    • @emmamcmahon1738
      @emmamcmahon1738 Рік тому +1

      @lordrevan571 you'd be surprised, I have friends who knew Arabic, English, French, Spanish, I think one other language idk and was learning Russian and Irish. If there's a will there's a way

    • @lordrevan571
      @lordrevan571 Рік тому +5

      @@emmamcmahon1738 You'd be surprised how little people speak unknown languages professionally enough to speak another and translate the two.

    • @addisonwelsh
      @addisonwelsh 4 місяці тому +5

      @@emmamcmahon1738 Arabic, English, French, Spanish, and Russian are all some of the most widely spoken languages on Earth. They are hardly comparable to something like Gagauz

  • @Sam11747
    @Sam11747 9 місяців тому +245

    This episode is hilarious to anyone who's worked in a hospital cause there are translation companies they can call with lots of languages available. Plus, no one decided to use Google Translate the entire time.

    • @kothajahan6897
      @kothajahan6897 8 місяців тому +10

      Actually this series is a old I think it's probably released in 2015 That's why I think so 🤔

    • @alexisgabrielle2898
      @alexisgabrielle2898 8 місяців тому +22

      I worked in a hospital as well and while there are translators, sometimes it is hard to get ahold of translators for certain languages

    • @Lucy-ng7cw
      @Lucy-ng7cw 7 місяців тому +15

      Gagauz isn't one Google translate....

    • @raphaelledesma9393
      @raphaelledesma9393 5 місяців тому

      @@kothajahan6897I assure you by 2015, translation companies are available in major metropolitan areas. Even if there wasn’t a Moldovan speaker in Chicago, they could find one somewhere else in the States or in Europe. Phone translation is a thing and while it’s a bit expensive, the man can obviously pay.

    • @miranda13c
      @miranda13c 3 місяці тому +2

      @@kothajahan6897Lol google translate existed then

  • @amelonnamedkate1400
    @amelonnamedkate1400 Рік тому +141

    That was a lot more wholesome than I was expecting

    • @GrippeeTV
      @GrippeeTV 9 місяців тому +7

      Forreal. I like when it isn’t always the awful outcome.

  • @cubbi2789
    @cubbi2789 Рік тому +313

    My aunt donated her kidney to my uncle because he was going to die without a new kidney. He is grateful to her because of this and they keep in contact with each other especially on the anniversary of the transplant

  • @danieldevito6380
    @danieldevito6380 Рік тому +2516

    Honestly, I don't see the issue with someone who is willingly selling their kidney. One person gets their life saved, while the other gets paid. Seems like a win win situation.

    • @bellrenjoji7511
      @bellrenjoji7511 Рік тому

      A lot of times the people selling their kidneys on the black market are poor people who are coerced to sell their organ to survive. It's actually quite common for organ traffickers to coerce vulnerable people in poor countries.

    • @Battle_Engineer
      @Battle_Engineer Рік тому +823

      In illegal cases the seller isn’t always the one with the organ, what I’m meaning is human trafficking and selling their organs without their choice

    • @calebtheholyman545
      @calebtheholyman545 Рік тому +1

      The issue is the "willing patient" could have his family hogtied with a gun to their head and their only option to see them again is to leave the hospital with one of their kidneys in another body.

    • @diddntuno
      @diddntuno Рік тому +97

      @Random dude very true we pay people for their plasma. I donated twice weekly for years in college and developed an autoimmune disorder. I was advised not to donate plasma anymore and thats just plasma imagine the reprocussions from kidney transplant

    • @rdgloveshouse
      @rdgloveshouse Рік тому +186

      People in desperate situations will do desperate things. That isn't true consent

  • @tomaspabon2484
    @tomaspabon2484 Рік тому +130

    Wow I think this might be the first reference to the Gagauz language in an English piece of media

    • @222rina
      @222rina Рік тому +12

      ikr im from moldova and I was shocked to hear my country mentioned and gagauz

    • @mattaddison4794
      @mattaddison4794 Рік тому +13

      When he said it I assumed he had made up a fake language. Never heard it mentioned before.

    • @endersdragon34
      @endersdragon34 Рік тому +4

      @@mattaddison4794 ditto

    • @linaelhabashy4608
      @linaelhabashy4608 Рік тому +3

      @@mattaddison4794 yeah, I was surprised too. I’m just a language nerd, so I was surprised that they mentioned it.

    • @mary-janereallynotsarah684
      @mary-janereallynotsarah684 Рік тому +1

      @@mattaddison4794 me too. Looked so shady.

  • @neen2660
    @neen2660 Рік тому +134

    Don’t blame him for being worried

  • @c.w.simpsonproductions1230
    @c.w.simpsonproductions1230 Рік тому +54

    That donor recipient really should have kept his mouth shut.

  • @WarGrowlmon18
    @WarGrowlmon18 10 місяців тому +62

    I guess he was just a massive jerk for the most part rather than actually doing anything illegal, but he really did care about his cousin.

    • @CatsEverywhere33
      @CatsEverywhere33 6 днів тому

      Yea cause he even said "I bought you here to Chicago to make me feel better not worse!" What an asshole thing to say V was donating his kidney

  • @RavenSutcliffe
    @RavenSutcliffe 11 місяців тому +41

    I know it's not the point, but is anyone else horrified by an hospital having such a thing as VIP rooms and an "Ambassador suite"???

    • @CitizenofGallifrey
      @CitizenofGallifrey 11 місяців тому +4

      Absolutely.

    • @frenchgirl5878
      @frenchgirl5878 8 місяців тому +4

      Seems very American. But it might be similar in my country on some level.

    • @ascent8487
      @ascent8487 8 місяців тому +1

      YES!!!

    • @miss.gorillagrip4.20
      @miss.gorillagrip4.20 Місяць тому

      They do it in other countries like Japan and Korea it’s a known thing unfortunately

    • @ikeilajackson7884
      @ikeilajackson7884 3 дні тому +1

      No. I worked in a military hospital and its very normal. You don't want just anyone to be able to walk into the President's hospital room.

  • @willowkeyes2348
    @willowkeyes2348 Рік тому +762

    It shows that we need doctors to triple check when it comes to ANY gut instinct. Be it a diagnosis or if the patient is lying or ANYTHING as this could have been a Black Market buy. It could have been.
    I know this is a show, but it shows that ANYONE following their gut or their instinct isn't a bad thing. If something feels hanky, follow it and discuss it with others until its either proven otherwise or you were right. That goes for not just doctors, but people you see at a bar or you see someone with a suspicious bruise etc. As long as you don't hurt anyone (mentally or physically) or break the law, then it could save a life.

    • @Rose333X
      @Rose333X Рік тому +8

      Actually most people following their "gut" instinct is wrong, it takes certain level of rationality and intelligence to be able to be right in assumptions and all that, which most people aren't lmao

    • @ShadeSlayer1911
      @ShadeSlayer1911 Рік тому +2

      Even in this show, doctor manning shows that following gut instinct is not always good. From what I've seen, she's famous as a character who harshly misjudges a situation. Apparently she's even killed several of her patients because of her following her gut instinct.

  • @textingrose2369
    @textingrose2369 Рік тому +146

    This show:.....
    Google translate: I'm not even here. I'm an illusion.

    • @tkralva.6668
      @tkralva.6668 Рік тому +14

      I teach EAL, I have kids whose main language is not on Google Translate, and also whose language makes it virtually impossible to get a good bilingual dictionary.

    • @k.c.8662
      @k.c.8662 Рік тому +18

      This episode aired in season 4. The language they claim he speaks still is not on Google translate.

    • @aleksaradojicic8114
      @aleksaradojicic8114 2 години тому

      Try to translate Gagauz with google translate, because it does not exist as option there

  • @ariac201
    @ariac201 Рік тому +71

    So was he really his cousin, but they just didn't know each other a lot because they grew up in different countries?

    • @brandonmcglocklin9040
      @brandonmcglocklin9040 Рік тому +10

      From what I understand more or less yeah

    • @flautalee3090
      @flautalee3090 Місяць тому +1

      It seems to me that they are long time friends, that they met as children when the recipient and his mother visited Maldova. I’m thinking they aren’t related because the boys met on the last day of the trip. The friend wants to help him. 😮

  • @WarGrowlmon18
    @WarGrowlmon18 10 місяців тому +22

    I like the personal connection and story from when they were kids.

  • @taragabrielle7986
    @taragabrielle7986 Рік тому +130

    Family is almost always the first resort. It’s more than life saving. It means the world to everyone

    • @zilesis1
      @zilesis1 Рік тому +8

      well "family" in this case is a pretty loose definition. i mean the guy didn't even know his cousin's birthday, which is pretty rude if your'e gonna ask for a kidney
      i guess what i'm saying is you should keep in touch with your family and be involved in their lives in case you might need them or they might need you

    • @klutzmtg2310
      @klutzmtg2310 Рік тому +5

      @@zilesis1 In fairness to the guy they were asking him the annoying routine questioning while he is literally dying from renal failure. So I think he was justified to be a bit clueless and irritated.

  • @TJackson-lz1lj
    @TJackson-lz1lj Рік тому +63

    No matter what this show always makes the heart beat faster

  • @peevify
    @peevify Рік тому +104

    For someone who actually had a kidney transplant, I think it’s very odd that they’ve bought a kidney off the black market.

    • @Max._Power
      @Max._Power Рік тому +23

      unless i'm mistaken they really are cousins and he didn't buy it off the black market, its at the end

    • @TheBreechie
      @TheBreechie 10 місяців тому

      Really? My baby daddy comes from India and his Uncle was able to buy a kidney and have a transplant with very little problem… Surgery was done in the UK

  • @krisaaron5771
    @krisaaron5771 Рік тому +459

    I don't know when this episode was made or first aired, but I'll bet Google Translate existed at that time! Why didn't any of the hospital staff bring in a laptop and have the patient use text to answer questions? Even if he's illiterate (doubtful, as literacy and education are highly valued in Russia and eastern European countries) someone could use the phonetic translations to communicate with him.

    • @yuzuchino
      @yuzuchino Рік тому +159

      Gagauz isn't on Google translate, but I'm having a harder time believing that he wouldn't at least understand Romanian enough to communicate through an interpreter since it is the national language of Moldova

    • @Meodread
      @Meodread Рік тому +92

      @@yuzuchino Certain regions in Moldova really resist Romanian influence. So it's believable....but still unlikely that his parents wouldn't have invested in either a Romanian or Russian second language option.

    • @cleojohnson2251
      @cleojohnson2251 Рік тому +17

      I wish translate had all the languages but it doesn’t, ran into a couple of languages not available throughout my career.

    • @amelie1788
      @amelie1788 Рік тому +26

      @@yuzuchino surely he would have at least some working knowledge of another language from school. Gagauz is not widely spoken it would not be easy as a monolingual Gagauz speaker

    • @greenbeantm1096
      @greenbeantm1096 Рік тому +9

      @@Meodreadthis is also assuming he had access to a good education

  • @joshuamohlman
    @joshuamohlman Рік тому +894

    I understand buying an organ like that is illegal, but in most instances its the only way. Organ donor lists are extremely long, and most people die waiting for an organ that could save their life. Its sad that that still happens in our world

    • @ScarletBrimstone
      @ScarletBrimstone Рік тому +63

      The perameters that need to be met make the wait longer, too. My grandfather in law got his new liver literally the day before he was going to die. The liver was bigger than expected, so he had to have a open wound for 2 weeks while swelling went down. He was sent home 3days after surgery and we had to clean his open chest wound with packing gauze and q-tips until he could be closed up.

    • @joshuamohlman
      @joshuamohlman Рік тому +19

      @@ScarletBrimstone oh that sounds terrible. If I may ask, how is your grandfather in law feeling now?

    • @ScarletBrimstone
      @ScarletBrimstone Рік тому +41

      @@joshuamohlman he's fine now. Still as grumpy as ever😅

    • @wubbalubbadubdub5867
      @wubbalubbadubdub5867 Рік тому +10

      Also you can miss one kidney without any issue, considering the other is healthy. So I don't see the issues

    • @joshuamohlman
      @joshuamohlman Рік тому +8

      @@ScarletBrimstone haha aren't all grandparents like that? 😄

  • @stephw.7874
    @stephw.7874 Рік тому +112

    It's Trevor from Ghosts!! It's great to finally see him wearing pants, haha.

    • @Chrstne81
      @Chrstne81 Рік тому +7

      😂 I was thinking the same thing!!!

    • @pamelaj.betz-baron2420
      @pamelaj.betz-baron2420 Рік тому +1

      Thirded!

    • @meagain4512
      @meagain4512 Рік тому +2

      I loved ghosts! It'd great that there's a British and American version, get double the amount of content ha

  • @nothankyalol
    @nothankyalol Рік тому +49

    MOLDOVA ? im sorry i'm from Moldova and I bearly see mentions of my country ANYWHERE on the internet :0

    • @iPodCharger69420
      @iPodCharger69420 Рік тому +1

      ok

    • @downhomesunset
      @downhomesunset Рік тому +1

      There’s a guy on UA-cam called Bald and Bankrupt; he travels all around Eastern Europe and he spent time in Moldova and showed how incredibly poverty stricken the country has become……

    • @iPodCharger69420
      @iPodCharger69420 Рік тому

      @@downhomesunset bro no one asked 💀

    • @nothankyalol
      @nothankyalol Рік тому

      @@downhomesunset oh? ty ill check it out

    • @jessicabrown8158
      @jessicabrown8158 Рік тому

      @@downhomesunset I love Bald and Bankrupt! So good!

  • @ayanoaishi8489
    @ayanoaishi8489 Рік тому +93

    The end was so cute

  • @emilygaskell424
    @emilygaskell424 Рік тому +123

    Unless your under the poverty line you wouldn’t know what to do, if someone was offering me £500,000 for a kidney I’d happily do it!!! To give my son a better life!

    • @mewtwomotherfuka
      @mewtwomotherfuka Рік тому +28

      The issue is, only the rich could afford kidneys if money was allowed. That will leave everybody else to die because anyone willing to give up an organ would give it off to the highest bidder. If you were a match for your sister and you could choose between saving your sister's life or a match offering you two million dollars. How many people would choose to save their sister? How many people would choose the money. If a hundred random people was asked this question what would they choose.

    • @wintersbabyy
      @wintersbabyy 8 місяців тому +1

      @@mewtwomotherfuka If I’m dead and I’ve donated my organs then it’s all fair game for whomever. If I’m alive then I can choose who to give my organs to, thank you very much. I will like to be able to afford good food and healthcare after giving out one kidney so that I wouldn’t need a transplant for myself in future.

    • @_adrian_sean
      @_adrian_sean 8 місяців тому

      Okkkaaayyyy!! The privilege of this doctor is hilarious.

    • @Silencer796
      @Silencer796 5 місяців тому

      @@mewtwomotherfukaI wouldn’t trade any of my parts for money because I want to work hard for money.

    • @Sniperboy5551
      @Sniperboy5551 5 місяців тому

      … I’d sell my kidney for less than half that. I’m not below the poverty line.

  • @TremblingQualifier
    @TremblingQualifier Рік тому +16

    From clips online, I feel like a lot of this show is about detective work, work that is outside a doctor's purview xD

  • @adri_foxy
    @adri_foxy Рік тому +76

    Wow this is the first time I’ve seen Moldova being specified in a show and not just mixed with Romania. Also Moldavians speak the Romanian language all the same as Romanians, only a couple words are different (like French in Quebec vs. France).
    Side note: Seems like no matter what Moldavians keep getting taken advantaged of and made fun of

    • @Max._Power
      @Max._Power Рік тому +7

      not all moldavians speak romanian, there are indeed some in areas where romanian influence is resisted who only speak gagauz or speak romanian very poorly

    • @soniag.2100
      @soniag.2100 5 місяців тому

      ​@@Max._Powerand also in the area of transnistria people speak Russian or Ukrainian because it's a communist region under russian control plus it's bordering Ukraine

  • @NadiaVenice
    @NadiaVenice Рік тому +7

    This is so hard to watch considering it’s a scary reality sadly

  • @Rachel-xg7hs
    @Rachel-xg7hs Рік тому +81

    I had a professor from Moldova in college. She told me their official language is Romanian, but many people do speak Russian because Russia still has a military base there to this day, from the time of the Soviet Union. (That professor is very pro-Ukraine haha.) And of course she also learned English to work and teach in the U.S.

    • @ayajade6683
      @ayajade6683 Рік тому +1

      It's actually more the centuries long issues with Romanian that make people not learn Romanian not Russia having a base

    • @uxcurious
      @uxcurious Рік тому +4

      To clarify on this - many people speak Russian because the country was in the Soviet Union until 1991 and Russian language was required everywhere. This means a few generations were raised under heavy Russian influence so even after the fall of URSSR the use of the language stayed. Moldova is a bilingual country at this point. In school kids learn even more languages so knowing 3+ languages is normal. Russia has a military base in Transnistria (east of the country) which is an unrecognized breakaway state but Moldova doesn't have much say over that land. Source: born and raised in Moldova.

    • @Sniperboy5551
      @Sniperboy5551 5 місяців тому

      Most former Soviet countries still speak Russian

  • @noitsbecky1278
    @noitsbecky1278 9 місяців тому +5

    That scene at the end was so sweet

  • @Sir_489_I
    @Sir_489_I Рік тому +15

    Kidneys always confused me,i only under stand what its worth when i almost lost one

    • @glados1099
      @glados1099 Рік тому

      People want poison but it damages your organs so they get new organs to continue their habits

  • @feliciatierney2265
    @feliciatierney2265 Рік тому +20

    The world of organ transplants and donations is a very sticky thing. I'm in the position where I will likely need a transplant one day, but due to my illness will not qualify for an organ through UNOS so a direct donation would be my only option and there are few to almost none potential donors for me in my family. But even if there was, I wouldn't feel right asking anyone to donate to me. The underlying illness that is damaging my organs has no cure, so how I could I ask someone to donate an organ that likely would suffer the same fate as my own?

    • @studentofsmith
      @studentofsmith Рік тому +2

      It depends. How much longer are you likely to live with the transplant and what would your quality of life be? How much shorter would the donors life be and what impact would it have on their quality of life? Finally, how important are you to the donor? Maybe they feel keeping you around a while longer is worth it.
      I'm not suggesting you make a request, that could put them in an impossible position, but if they offer don't reject it out of hand. They may have their reasons. It should at least be discussed so you both clearly understand the risks involved and are under no illusions about the potential benefits.

    • @feliciatierney2265
      @feliciatierney2265 Рік тому +3

      @studentofsmith I wouldn't reject it out of hand, but when I say the list of potential donors is practically none, I'm very serious. My children are not biologically mine, I have no siblings, and my husband has a different blood type. My only options would be my 1st cousins, whom I'm not particularly close with.
      The other issue is quality of life. Living with my illness is difficult under the best of circumstances. I've said from the beginning that I'm far more concerned about the quality of my life than the length of it. Living with a painful chronic illness is not for the faint of heart, and there are a lot of days you just want the pain to end. You just want to finally be at peace.

    • @studentofsmith
      @studentofsmith Рік тому +3

      @@feliciatierney2265 I don't doubt it. My mother was sick for a very long time before she passed. I'm grateful for the time we had together but it was almost a relief when she died because it meant she was no longer in pain.

    • @feliciatierney2265
      @feliciatierney2265 Рік тому +3

      @studentofsmith I'm do sorry about your Mom, but clearly you do understand my feelings about this. My condition is degenerative, and I was diagnosed back in '05. That's a long time to live with what I call a "slow killer". You basically watch as the disease slowly takes pieces of you away until you barely recognize your life. It takes a toll not just physically but emotionally. When I look at the number of medications I have to take just to get through the day, and yet my health continues to decline, it makes the end coming sooner not later much less of a daunting prospect.

    • @studentofsmith
      @studentofsmith Рік тому +4

      @@feliciatierney2265 It sounds like you've had a long time to come to terms with this. I hope that whatever time you have left is as good as it can be.

  • @jericho3895
    @jericho3895 Рік тому +16

    I knew I recognized the voice, he's the same guy who plays Trevor from Ghosts!

  • @gagemendiola4202
    @gagemendiola4202 Рік тому +4

    i totally understand why he thought it was strange

  • @burieddead666
    @burieddead666 Рік тому +30

    Well doesn't he feel silly....

  • @DragonTamer31K
    @DragonTamer31K 3 місяці тому +2

    "Did you buy this kidney on the blackmarket?"
    "No, why"
    *kidney plays tetris theme*

  • @ladyweasellou3367
    @ladyweasellou3367 Рік тому +185

    My parent's are both retired USN/USMC Corpsmen and I'm a civilian special conditions medic. We've always fought if something isn't right. My father managed a hospital but wasn't liked because he put the pts care over cash.

    • @jodie3950
      @jodie3950 7 днів тому +1

      You father is an honorable man. Those are rare

    • @ladyweasellou3367
      @ladyweasellou3367 2 дні тому

      @@jodie3950 thank you :)

  • @nono-fo5ls
    @nono-fo5ls Рік тому +7

    Fun fact: Gagauz people are Turkic people living in Ukraine and the autonomous state of Gagauzia in Moldova. They speak Gagauz which is an Oghuz Turkic language, like Turkish, Azerbaijani and Turkmen.
    It is quite intelligeble with Turkish so Turkish translator could work just fine. Or just use google translate!

  • @egosumFidius
    @egosumFidius 2 місяці тому +1

    did anyone else at first think the kids in the picture were being held hostage for the kidney?

  • @nicoleb7106
    @nicoleb7106 Рік тому +48

    Hey, is this the guy who plays Trevor in Ghosts? Cool!

    • @helenf2606
      @helenf2606 Рік тому +12

      Omg...it is... Asher Grodman... didn't recognise him with pants!

    • @queeny5613
      @queeny5613 Рік тому +3

      Ahahhaha

    • @allisonskitchen4420
      @allisonskitchen4420 Рік тому +5

      I was looking for this comment 😂

    • @bigonbooks4736
      @bigonbooks4736 Рік тому +3

      I was like, “WHO IS THAT?!”

    • @tomaestomirova3598
      @tomaestomirova3598 Рік тому +1

      Thaanks!! I breaking my brain , just try to figure out, where I 👀 this cute face

  • @pinotbologna
    @pinotbologna Рік тому +25

    A lot of this couldve been settled by a translator

  • @agustin3622
    @agustin3622 Рік тому +10

    If i were to donate an organ, especially to a stranger, i wouldn't want to be forever in their life. And i sure wouldn't want to feel obligated to be in someone's life cause they donated to me either. Of course donating should be appreciated as the act of sacrifice and kindness it is (when its not coerced), but if you donate in exchange for a lifetime of gratitude i don't think you're doing it for the right reason.
    If a bond develops naturally and you actually strike a friendship with the donor/receiver that's great. But having been donated to should be used as a guilt trip card for life to keep either person compromised in a relationship they may not want.

  • @DivinaM1105
    @DivinaM1105 Рік тому +11

    Awe, that's a cute story 😍

  • @Nate-rl6he
    @Nate-rl6he Рік тому +6

    Seeing the cuts, bruises and other in this episode is making me nervous.

  • @mirellymartina4890
    @mirellymartina4890 Рік тому +2

    Love your videos

  • @pamelaj.betz-baron2420
    @pamelaj.betz-baron2420 Рік тому +1

    Interesting twist!

  • @friendlyneighborhoodcrypti7782
    @friendlyneighborhoodcrypti7782 8 місяців тому +1

    What I’m really doing when I tell my parents I’m studying for my Medical Terminology class

  • @ChurroNovo
    @ChurroNovo Рік тому +8

    For the people who are asking: the language they said is gagauz.

  • @Greatj-Gil
    @Greatj-Gil Рік тому +22

    Was that guy in the gray shirt in Good Doctor 1x08?!

  • @1whospeaks
    @1whospeaks 18 днів тому

    If medicine was this exciting I wouldn't want to jump off a bridge every day.

  • @theenlightenedexchange4817
    @theenlightenedexchange4817 Рік тому +10

    Time to get checked for both kidneys . Especially if you never agreed to give up anything and still alive

  • @PolinaLee94
    @PolinaLee94 Рік тому +2

    Oh, that's Trevor from "Ghosts"!

  • @flufwix
    @flufwix 4 місяці тому +1

    VIP room for some patients. Disgusting

  • @evie5495
    @evie5495 Рік тому +7

    could he not have got his phone out and gone on google translate?

  • @LoganStargazer
    @LoganStargazer 4 місяці тому

    How difficult would it be to just call the UN on a speakerphone and ask somebody there to translate?

  • @jujulucia6355
    @jujulucia6355 Рік тому +4

    They needed house on this he would’ve been figured them out

  • @promisen8460
    @promisen8460 Рік тому +8

    Obvious human trafficking

  • @LaurenAlexandra13
    @LaurenAlexandra13 Рік тому +4

    Is that Trevor from the series Ghosts?

  • @jayteah1349
    @jayteah1349 11 місяців тому +2

    I understand the lack of a legal translator, but you can use google translate to discuss with people. I do it at work because I don’t speak Spanish and the other worker was the one who translated Spanish to English without my prompting.

  • @ArabRising
    @ArabRising Рік тому +4

    If someone donates something that important to me their in my life for good I don’t care what else they do or I do cause yeah things happen but I don’t care you gave me another chance at life anything and everything else is irrelevant vise versa if I was donating to them

  • @Elizabeth-iv3gn
    @Elizabeth-iv3gn 10 місяців тому +2

    If someone is giving you an organ and putting their life in danger, least you could do is find out their birthday... just saying.

  • @ss-wu1vp
    @ss-wu1vp 8 місяців тому +3

    The doctor says "tell me the truth so I can help." Clearly, what he wanted to do wasn't actually help. He was just interfering.

  • @nuclearpowerphysics5409
    @nuclearpowerphysics5409 Рік тому +1

    Yes.

  • @habiebiee1
    @habiebiee1 Рік тому +4

    Its Trevor from Ghost! ✌ When he was still alive and working at NYC!

  • @DorisSamsung-jg4fk
    @DorisSamsung-jg4fk Рік тому +1

    I love you videos so much

  • @bostonblackie9503
    @bostonblackie9503 4 місяці тому

    One brother needed a kidney. His brother gave it to him. He caught an infection and died. That is the risk!

  • @heathercontois4501
    @heathercontois4501 Рік тому +2

    Hey, it's Trevor from Ghosts.

  • @selenablack3141
    @selenablack3141 Рік тому +1

    Good looking 👦 guys

  • @entirely34
    @entirely34 7 місяців тому

    If I know black market dealers they never give the good stuff for a cheap price

  • @Albasti2585
    @Albasti2585 19 днів тому

    Translator/Interpreter here! For such cases, it's recommended to get a translator speaking "closest" language to that language.
    It's hard to find someone who speaks Gagauz, but it's easier to find someone who speaks Turkish.
    Gagauz and Turkish is mutually intelligible.

  • @hellyxanhellz1944
    @hellyxanhellz1944 Рік тому +37

    And this is why I’ll never donate a kidney ….1 if I got really sick they wouldn’t try to save me if they know I’m a match to someone else 2 It’s harder for you after the transplant than it is for the person getting the kidney

    • @ladyoxygene24
      @ladyoxygene24 Рік тому +19

      1- no. Not at all. The hospital that has the donor virtually never uses the donor organs. They’re distributed according to need by UNOS. And the neurology team doesn’t perform transplants. It’s not their patients. Plus even if all doctors were sociopaths, they wouldn’t wanna have their survival stats go down.
      2- it can be. This is because you go into the surgery feeling well whilst the recipient goes in pretty sick. So one of you feels better overall post op whist the other doesn’t. There also can be issues but they’re rare.
      If you ever need a kidney and are a former donor, you’re prioritized for a deceased donor transplant.

    • @juliawunderkind2399
      @juliawunderkind2399 Рік тому +3

      Thanks for an intelligent, informed and reflected answer to such a statement 🤦‍♀️

    • @Thearrowstrikes
      @Thearrowstrikes Рік тому

      How is it harder for the person losing the kidney? Many people with one kidney live long fulfilling lives. Although I completely get how it can be more risky and they would be at the top of transplant lists. and good health and long life is not always guaranteed.. But they don’t need to take anything like antirejection for the rest of their life do they? Their body won’t suddenly reject the kidney one day. Just curious, I have no idea :-)

    • @jennifercabarrubia3987
      @jennifercabarrubia3987 Рік тому +5

      My mom gave me a kidney, will be 5 years in February. If she ever needs a kidney she is bumped up to the top of the list. She had no pain or issues after surgery, her incision was very small, just a little cut by her belly. Mine is half my body. She has no restrictions and has had no issues. I hope other donors have that same luck

    • @JO-pg7kf
      @JO-pg7kf Рік тому +5

      @@Thearrowstrikes because the recipient gets what he needs and the donor gets literally an organ taken away. Naturally the recipient will feel better drastically and the donor will feel a lot worse at first.

  • @ISBuckley8
    @ISBuckley8 Рік тому

    That’s Trevor from Ghosts!

  • @joshprice5453
    @joshprice5453 Рік тому +2

    Guys I think we found Frank’s stolen kidney

  • @trishyangel123
    @trishyangel123 Рік тому +49

    What happened in the end?

    • @alexdelaloire8739
      @alexdelaloire8739 Рік тому +55

      Nothing, it was the truth, they're cousins!

    • @michaudjared
      @michaudjared Рік тому +6

      They next show the ends of these videos makes me so mad

    • @trishyangel123
      @trishyangel123 Рік тому +11

      @@alexdelaloire8739 Wow, ok. Generally, there’s a twist so didn’t see that coming

    • @rdgloveshouse
      @rdgloveshouse Рік тому +7

      ​@@trishyangel123 that is the twist

    • @bananacathammock
      @bananacathammock Рік тому +3

      @@rdgloveshouse and he still gets they kidney?

  • @greekteka
    @greekteka 6 місяців тому

    Money money money……ethics are boring anyway, right?

  • @BRUNETTECANARY
    @BRUNETTECANARY Рік тому +1

    And the guy who needs the help kinda looks like Josh Peck😐

  • @BRUNETTECANARY
    @BRUNETTECANARY Рік тому +1

    The foreign guy kinda looks like Jimmy Simpson 🤨

  • @XaNNah96
    @XaNNah96 9 місяців тому +1

    I badly want to give them google translate LIKE DUDEEEE

  • @jorleejack
    @jorleejack 28 днів тому

    The showwriters really tried to cover their bases with this scenario. There are a lot of languages in the world, and while many people, even if there primary language is pretty rare, speak a secondary language, there definitely are still people who only speak a single, rarely-spoken language. The Gagauz people number less than 200,000 in the world, with the Gaugaz language likely having far less than that. Gaugazia is a very small autonomous territory in an already (speaking in general terms) under-developed economy. While Romanian is the official language in Moldova, and other languages like Russian and Ukrainian are also spoken relatively commonly, Gaugazia specifically has Gaugaz as its official language. Moldova itself was a widely anti-Soviet country, and Gaugazia was notably anti-Romanian, so it's not unlikely that a poor family in a small village would only know Gagauz.

  • @Deep-dive-hustle
    @Deep-dive-hustle Рік тому +5

    Sold my kidney 4 years ago,for a sizeable amount, started a business and it's flourishing

  • @neogreftcremat9090
    @neogreftcremat9090 Рік тому +19

    is that the actor who played the priest in house MD?

    • @kimberlyshryack
      @kimberlyshryack Рік тому +1

      No wonder he looks familiar! Just a little less tired and over life in this episode lol

    • @kimberlyshryack
      @kimberlyshryack Рік тому +2

      Actually it is not.looks alot like him though

  • @user-rc5ln2zm8e
    @user-rc5ln2zm8e 3 місяці тому +1

    What season and episode is this

  • @virouge3223
    @virouge3223 Рік тому +2

    Is google translate not in this era yet?

  • @user-xj5sh7sw3t
    @user-xj5sh7sw3t 8 місяців тому

    😢❤

  • @madsellers4933
    @madsellers4933 Рік тому

    😭😭😭

  • @Livywww
    @Livywww Рік тому +5

    ❤️

  • @pointly
    @pointly Місяць тому +1

    Being from that region in the world, wouldn't he know Russian or Romanian too?

  • @iversonjcameron
    @iversonjcameron Рік тому +1

    You can do this in asia from convicted prisoners for the last 30 years...money does buy life, ask my neighbor

  • @shell_kickat
    @shell_kickat Рік тому +9

    Why don't they just use Google Translate lmao?

    • @maggiek3609
      @maggiek3609 Рік тому +1

      The TV show can't afford the Google royalties

    • @Kenya368
      @Kenya368 Рік тому +8

      Gagauz is spoken by less than 200,000 people in the world. It is not on Google Translate.

  • @josuedeleon9353
    @josuedeleon9353 9 місяців тому

    I'm see are get okay like that in mind when you

  • @caratapal8070
    @caratapal8070 Рік тому

    What season and episode is this?

  • @Blitz_Blazer
    @Blitz_Blazer 26 днів тому

    0:12 Hos last name sounds very sus

  • @georginaarmstrong6381
    @georginaarmstrong6381 Рік тому

    Dears you

  • @imSkrap
    @imSkrap Рік тому

    bro waiting for a translator but he could just use a phone to translate or pc

  • @AhNee
    @AhNee Рік тому +1

    I have a translator app on my phone. Works great.

    • @trevorbluesquirrel899
      @trevorbluesquirrel899 Рік тому

      Gagauz isn't on Google Translate!

    • @AhNee
      @AhNee Рік тому

      @@trevorbluesquirrel899 Not the only translator out there.

  • @cedriclasry9151
    @cedriclasry9151 Рік тому

    google translate doesn't exist in chicago med universe I guess

    • @TiaKatt
      @TiaKatt Рік тому +2

      For Gagauz? Indeed not. Not now, and certainly not when this aired.

  • @ttff9016
    @ttff9016 Рік тому +13

    I genuinely think hospitals should allow people to go in and sell one their kidneys or blood or literally anything that wouldn't result in a person's death or cause large disability (ex. You couldn't sell your heart or eyes). It would solve the donation shortage, help people financially and it prevent human trafficking selling because organs and the market would more able to be controlled.