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In reply to the discussion: Atlanta teen who received controversial heart transplant dies in chase with police [View all]Mugu
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Atlanta teen who received controversial heart transplant dies in chase with police [View all]
Crabby Appleton
Apr 2015
OP
The article doesn't say, but I wonder if they were able to harvest his heart . . .
Journeyman
Apr 2015
#1
Interesting. I'll have to do some reading on that. It doesn't surprise me. . .
Journeyman
Apr 2015
#10
The article says he died at the hospital, so a second harvest seemed a possibility . . .
Journeyman
Apr 2015
#53
I'm pretty sure that's for minor traffic offenses and minor violations.
Hassin Bin Sober
Apr 2015
#27
Didn't Dick Cheney get a second chance with heart surgery? And look what he did with it. n/t
jtuck004
Apr 2015
#4
There is nothing in the link however that says he didn't comply with the medical requirements.
Gormy Cuss
Apr 2015
#11
Noncompliance is more common in adolescents. Does this mean they should be skipped on the list?
Gormy Cuss
Apr 2015
#43
The reality is that some of those likely play an indirect role, because noncompliance
Ms. Toad
Apr 2015
#47
I selected those noncompliance risks from one study. Other studies refute the education marker.
Gormy Cuss
Apr 2015
#60
The screening process doesn't lump people into categories like you are doing
riderinthestorm
Apr 2015
#48
Smoking is non-compliance, for obvious reasons. A smoker will not get a heart transplant.
Yo_Mama
Apr 2015
#52
And when the med team calls it incorrectly and denies a spot on the transplant list, we won't know.
Gormy Cuss
Apr 2015
#62
I'm sorry, I just had a chuckle at thinking the process isn't reviewed regularly.
riderinthestorm
Apr 2015
#71
You can not say that an adolescent with criminal behavior wouldn't change as he matured
Gormy Cuss
Apr 2015
#63
In A High Speed Pursuit You Really Think The Cops Even Knew He Was Black?
Corey_Baker08
Apr 2015
#69
OK, so it didn't work out in this case. What does that mean? Should transplants only be given to
still_one
Apr 2015
#51
Since the number of available organs does not meet the number of people in need of them...
Ace Rothstein
Apr 2015
#54
the car was almost split in half in the 'chase wreck', the youth had to be cut out of the wreckage.
Sunlei
Apr 2015
#57
In This Case He Is Not Just A 'Runner' He Is An Armed Attempted Murderer Who Ran From Police...
Corey_Baker08
Apr 2015
#70
the police just said it was a similar car & person. Not that he was the burglar.
Sunlei
Apr 2015
#73