“I’ve had more than one ER doctor tell me never to carry an organ donor card — partly for the reasons you described there.”
We have been told the same thing by ER Nurses/Techs and a couple of ER docs since we went to the meeting I described.
A retired CHP officer told us privately, the same. We thought that he was a little paranoid at the time, re big money can bend a lot of morality from the cop/EMT level to the hosipital.
And it’s not just the money, either. One ER doctor admitted that issues related to harvesting organs were a major consideration in treatment options for trauma patients. Basically, he said that doctors won’t try quite as hard to save your life in some circumstances if they think the benefits of harvesting your organs outweigh the time, the cost and the odds of survival if they render treatment to fix catastrophic injuries.
We have been told the same thing by ER Nurses/Techs and a couple of ER docs since we went to the meeting I described.
A retired CHP officer told us privately, the same. We thought that he was a little paranoid at the time, re big money can bend a lot of morality from the cop/EMT level to the hosipital.
I do think it's paranoid. People already have the right to sell their blood, and that has not resulted in any of the problems that some have feared. So I don't think it'll happen with the sales of other organs either.