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**Heaneisismich** · 02-25-2011, 11:27 AM

Not sure if this is the right forum, or whether it should be down below in one of the others.
just watched ABC evening news where they had a news clip about a bill currently being discussed which would change the organ transplant way from the current (for kidneys at least) giving it to who's been waiting the longest, to where instead it would be given to whom would get the most out of it.
Basically if i have 2 kidneys to give, and 3 people waiting

a 14 yr old kid who damaged hers in an auto accident which has also left her in a wheel chair
a 24 yr old who lost his due to some other accident
or a 49 yr old mother of 4 who llost hers due to other aspects (maybe her family has a history of it), but has been waiting 7 yrs longer than the other 2 combined..

BY the way they are looking at changing it, both those young'uns would get preference for it over the 49 yr old.
Some people already see this with heart transplants (no for over 70s), liver (as the news story said, 65 or older not normally looked at), and i think lung. BUT unfortunately i have yet to see any site with info other than for kidney.

So are you for this or against this??

02-25-2011, 11:27 AM	#1
Heaneisismich Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	Organ transplants.. Who should get them?? Not sure if this is the right forum, or whether it should be down below in one of the others. just watched ABC evening news where they had a news clip about a bill currently being discussed which would change the organ transplant way from the current (for kidneys at least) giving it to who's been waiting the longest, to where instead it would be given to whom would get the most out of it. Basically if i have 2 kidneys to give, and 3 people waiting a 14 yr old kid who damaged hers in an auto accident which has also left her in a wheel chair a 24 yr old who lost his due to some other accident or a 49 yr old mother of 4 who llost hers due to other aspects (maybe her family has a history of it), but has been waiting 7 yrs longer than the other 2 combined.. BY the way they are looking at changing it, both those young'uns would get preference for it over the 49 yr old. Some people already see this with heart transplants (no for over 70s), liver (as the news story said, 65 or older not normally looked at), and i think lung. BUT unfortunately i have yet to see any site with info other than for kidney. So are you for this or against this??
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