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In reply to the discussion: About that 10 year old who recieved a second pair of lungs... [View all]liberalhistorian
(20,814 posts)What matters, and what is chilling, is the failure to follow proper procedure in determining true death for the purpose of harvesting organs for transplantation. I firmly believe that that could happen far more often than we'd like to think and, indeed, maybe already has. If doctors start making such determinations based on the reason for a hospitalization, iow if they start deciding that some lives are worth less than others due to the reason for a hospitalization and what they think of it, then NONE of us are safe.
Proper procedures must always be followed no matter what, and the donor must already be unquestionably deceased, without any "assistance" toward that, in order for a legitimate transplant to occur. The life of the donor is no less important than that of the donee, regardless of manner and cause of death.