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.
Selkirk said she and Allan are both discussing a legal challenge to the liver transplant guidelines for those with alcohol use disorder “with people who have their own living donor.”
“It’s not fair and it’s not right, and hopefully we’ll change that policy,” Selkirk said.
Even if her partner could donate his own liver, it should still go to a better recipient. If anything he should be donating anyways to honor her and save a life
Maybe he should, but maybe he is thinking “Fuck them, we tried to participate in the system. We had a living donor to go. What? Oh you have a ‘better’ recipient? Well, guess who doesn’t want to donate to a system that failed my loved one.”
The system didn’t fail, it worked as intended. If but mid 30s you’ve destroyed your liver with your alcohol addiction, it’s almost guaranteed you’ll slide back.
Recipients can’t drink ever, and have to take meds for life. She was not a good candidate for a transplant.
I agree. I understand the rules and it makes sense to me. The people going through it don’t care. The husband going through this loss doesn’t care about other people needing his living donor liver, or there being better recipients. He would view it (I imagine) as “why should I donate when they didn’t help my wife?”
Even if her partner could donate his own liver, it should still go to a better recipient. If anything he should be donating anyways to honor her and save a life
That’s nonsense, because the partner would not donate his liver if it went to someone else.
Maybe he should, but maybe he is thinking “Fuck them, we tried to participate in the system. We had a living donor to go. What? Oh you have a ‘better’ recipient? Well, guess who doesn’t want to donate to a system that failed my loved one.”
The system didn’t fail, it worked as intended. If but mid 30s you’ve destroyed your liver with your alcohol addiction, it’s almost guaranteed you’ll slide back.
Recipients can’t drink ever, and have to take meds for life. She was not a good candidate for a transplant.
I agree. I understand the rules and it makes sense to me. The people going through it don’t care. The husband going through this loss doesn’t care about other people needing his living donor liver, or there being better recipients. He would view it (I imagine) as “why should I donate when they didn’t help my wife?”
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