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**bubbachew14** · 01-08-2008, 07:39 AM

Originally posted by snoopy369
Now you're being ridiculous ... patients don't have a say in what organs they get (plus or minus), the system is too tightly run for that time-wise (and then you'd be asking for an organ from a younger/healthier/cuter person...

) They do it for the odds, just accept that, unless you can bring the statistics and knowledge to disprove it ... What?

If a patient gets a kidney with HIV, the medical system will likley lose the money to treat 40 other people with the same condition.

Serious measures may then be justified, to prevent that.

01-08-2008, 07:39 AM	#22
bubbachew14 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 400 Senior Member	Originally posted by snoopy369 Now you're being ridiculous ... patients don't have a say in what organs they get (plus or minus), the system is too tightly run for that time-wise (and then you'd be asking for an organ from a younger/healthier/cuter person... ) They do it for the odds, just accept that, unless you can bring the statistics and knowledge to disprove it ... What? If a patient gets a kidney with HIV, the medical system will likley lose the money to treat 40 other people with the same condition. Serious measures may then be justified, to prevent that.
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