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.
Partial transplant from a living donor was not viable for her. It would have immediately failed, leaving her with no liver at all, and then she would have died because she wasn’t eligible for a full transplant. Doctors will not perform a procedure that guarantees death. The article explains this
Partial transplant from a living donor was not viable for her. It would have immediately failed, leaving her with no liver at all, and then she would have died because she wasn’t eligible for a full transplant. Doctors will not perform a procedure that guarantees death. The article explains this
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