@NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca • 11 days agoWoman who was denied a liver transplant, after review highlighted alcohol use, has diedwww.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square290fedilinkarrow-up1341
arrow-up1341external-linkWoman who was denied a liver transplant, after review highlighted alcohol use, has diedwww.ctvnews.ca@NightOwl@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca • 11 days agomessage-square290fedilink
minus-squareLustyArgonianManalinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 days agoI was talking about the general disturbing nature of determining organ transplants, yes I know re: the live donation from her bf
minus-square@CileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilink8•9 days 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-squareLustyArgonianManalinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 days agoNo I meant her boyfriend had a partial liver he wanted to give her
minus-square@CileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilink4•edit-29 days 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?
I was talking about the general disturbing nature of determining organ transplants, yes I know re: the live donation from her bf
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?