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The real solution is being ignored here. We need to mandate organ donation in this country and then these lists won't be so long. Even when the person who dies was unhealthy, doctors can almost always find something that can be used.
That is my understanding: that the girl was deemed 'too young' to be on the list (I think the minimum age is 12) and the judge only ruled that the girl be put on the list.
Hence, she is now on a list with thousands of other people. Even with that 'achievement', her prospects are poor (I shall not repeat the arguments about chest-wall cavity capacity, etc).
Judges I've met place themselves above the law.
Of course they would place themselves above any rules formulated by mere mortals.
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But people like the OP don't care about that. They would rather have politicians and judges making life and death decisions rather than properly qualified medical professionals.
What makes this child so much more special than the other people waiting for lungs?
I suppose this one is special due to the access that her family apparently has to their elected officials who have clearly chosen to politicize this horribly sad situation for their own purposes.
And, as expected, it has opened the floodgates, exactly the sort of thing that the original process was designed to avoid:
Given that this child has already lost a brother to the same condition, who is to say that HE isn't more worthy than the girl in the first case?
Down that slippery slope we go...
An adult lung can be put into a child. The whole lung doesn't need to be used.
So you're fully in favor of the government getting involved.
Seems kinda weird considering you've made your unhappiness with Obamacare clear.
Why is it OK for the government to get involved here but not OK if the government is involved via Obamacare? This could save a life. Obamacare will save lives. HUGE double standard you've got going there, don't you think?
This is actually pretty stupid and will result in everyone who wants/needs a transplant attempting to sue their way to the top of the list. This is the whole reason they made up fair rules about who got transplants to begin with based upon who has the highest likelihood of the operation being a success.
Mark my words this will result in tons of lawsuits with everyone all demanding they get to be the first in line.
Sadly you are right. That is exactly what's going to happen.
Hence, she is now on a list with thousands of other people. Even with that
'achievement', her prospects are poor (I shall not repeat the arguments about
chest-wall cavity capacity, etc).
Evidently, she was put at the TOP of the list. Because of the queue-jumping, someone else could lose their life.
This is actually pretty stupid and will result in everyone who wants/needs a transplant attempting to sue their way to the top of the list. This is the whole reason they made up fair rules about who got transplants to begin with based upon who has the highest likelihood of the operation being a success.
Mark my words this will result in tons of lawsuits with everyone all demanding they get to be the first in line.
That is true. The problem is that the bureaucracy moves slower than medical technology so you end up with outdated rules or a one-size-fits-all scenario which doesn't apply to medicine. Doctors can examine an individual case and consider age, condition, size etc. and determine who has a better chance of being successful with the current technology more accurately than a rule implemented in the past based on trends.
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This could save a life. Obamacare will save lives. HUGE double standard you've got going there, don't you think?
