VIDEO: PAN Candidates Are Willing To Sell Their Kidneys For Campaign, This Is The Price Of Kidney Transplant In Indonesia

VIDEO: PAN Candidates Are Willing To Sell Their Kidneys For Campaign, This Is The Price Of Kidney Transplant In Indonesia. (VOI Video graphics Team)

The high political costs made a number of legislative candidates take extreme steps. One of them is a candidate from the National Mandate Party (PAN) who is willing to sell his kidney to participate in the 2024 election contestation. The legislative candidate is named Erfin Dewi Sudarto from Bondowoso, East Java who is willing to sell his kidneys to finance his campaign and proof of his service to the people.

This step is considered extreme and discussed by the public. In addition to strict procedures for kidney transplantation, the cost is also very large. Please note, the kidney transplant process is a surgical procedure that aims to replace severely damaged kidneys but must be in a healthy kidney condition.

This procedure also has a large cost considering that the kidneys have a function to filter the remaining substances, fluids, minerals and toxins present in the body through urine. The cost of kidney transplant varies quite widely in Indonesia, starting at a price of Rp. 750 million. The price is still potentially larger according to the post-large surgery recovery process.

In Indonesia, kidney transplantation is more about living-donor, aka obtained from donors who are still alive. Meanwhile, in medical procedures, kidney transplantation is carried out in the deceasive-donor category, aka obtained from donors who have just died as desired by donors while still alive. Reflecting on the high cost of kidney transplantation, Erfin's steps to accommodate political costs have drawn criticism and attention from netizens. Watch the video below.