Questions are being raised about the case of a 36-year-old Ontario woman who died of liver failure after she was rejected for a life-saving liver transplant after a medical review highlighted her prior alcohol use.
In my country, people are automatically registered as a donor. If you don’t want to donate, you have to choose to opt out.
Ever since that law was passed, I see organ transport ambulances around my city’s hospital from time to time. Transporting a matching organ to a waiting patient. The bold letters spelling “organ transport” on a red band is a weird but good thing to see.
I don’t want to be morbid, but with as many gun deaths as there are in the US there are lots of young livers to go around.
Once again. There is more than the USA out there…
In my country, people are automatically registered as a donor. If you don’t want to donate, you have to choose to opt out.
Ever since that law was passed, I see organ transport ambulances around my city’s hospital from time to time. Transporting a matching organ to a waiting patient. The bold letters spelling “organ transport” on a red band is a weird but good thing to see.
Sounds dutch
I think the US can supply surplus to its neighbors.