NightOwl to Canada · 3 months agoWoman who was denied a liver transplant, after review highlighted alcohol use, has diedwww.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square282fedilinkarrow-up1338arrow-down124cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1314arrow-down1external-linkWoman who was denied a liver transplant, after review highlighted alcohol use, has diedwww.ctvnews.caNightOwl to Canada · 3 months agomessage-square282fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareCileTheSanelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoSo again: The liver wasn’t thrown away, it was given to someone else. The liver still saved a life, unfortunately it wasn’t hers. Imagine being the person denied a liver because they gave it to someone with a chronic alcohol abuse problem to “give them another chance”.
minus-squareLustyArgonian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down8·3 months agoNo I meant her boyfriend had a partial liver he wanted to give her
minus-squareCileTheSanelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-23 months ago I was talking about the general disturbing nature of determining organ transplants, yes I know re: the live donation from her bf No I meant her boyfriend had a partial liver he wanted to give her Which is it?
So again: The liver wasn’t thrown away, it was given to someone else. The liver still saved a life, unfortunately it wasn’t hers.
Imagine being the person denied a liver because they gave it to someone with a chronic alcohol abuse problem to “give them another chance”.
No I meant her boyfriend had a partial liver he wanted to give her
Which is it?