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To: PghBaldy

Why would it be wrong, especially if the organ doesn’t have the appropriate medical attributes for anyone else at the time?


7 posted on 05/18/2021 11:52:22 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: skr

There’s a waiting list for a reason. I guarantee that it will be compatible with someone.

Having received a kidney from my brother after six years of dialysis, initially being told I wasn’t transplant eligible at 21, I had a family friend’s parent on my shift at treatment. She needed a liver and a kidney, and received neither.

Many people die waiting for compatible organs. However, they can only travel so far, which is why most transplant centers require that you can arrive at the hospital within 8 hours max.

I am also curious about why Israeli hospitals can’t do this procedure. It may be a time crunch thing, but they wouldn’t transplant her if the new liver was going to be consumed by cancer. That aside, it IS possible to do two transplants with one liver, as that organ regenerates.


8 posted on 05/19/2021 12:23:38 AM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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