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2009-08-01 06:42:53
Bertster7
Confused Pothead
+1,101|6871|SE London

The government says it will ban all private transplants of organs from dead donors in the UK.

Elisabeth Buggins, former chairwoman of the Organ Donation Taskforce, carried out an inquiry after allegations in a number of newspapers that organs from NHS donors were being given to patients from countries such as Greece and Italy.

It emerged that more than 700 transplants, mostly liver transplants, had been carried out on non-UK patients over the past decade.

In total, 631 of those transplants used organs from dead donors and, of those, 314 recipients were from outside the EU.
[Daily Mail]Bloody foreigners. Coming over here and buying all our organs.[/Daily Mail]

I'm all in favour of this move. No leapfrogging the waiting list for organs because you're richer, just a plain, simple, fair, first come, first served system.
2009-08-01 07:01:15
Hakei
Banned
+295|6285
No, that isn't how organs should work.

What right does a 60 year old man have to have an organ for a few more years instead of a young 20 year old who could use a full 10 out of it?
2009-08-01 07:12:59
mikkel
Member
+383|6891

Hakei wrote:

No, that isn't how organs should work.

What right does a 60 year old man have to have an organ for a few more years instead of a young 20 year old who could use a full 10 out of it?
Kill old people.
2009-08-01 07:15:46
Bertster7
Confused Pothead
+1,101|6871|SE London

Hakei wrote:

No, that isn't how organs should work.

What right does a 60 year old man have to have an organ for a few more years instead of a young 20 year old who could use a full 10 out of it?
There probably are other factors involved. I've oversimplified it a bit.

But the real question is does a rich man have the right to buy the organ that a poorer man has been waiting 5 years on dialysis for? I think the answer to that is no, so I support this ban.
2009-08-01 07:17:50
AussieReaper
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
+5,761|6442|what

Organs should go to whose who need them the most, not someone simply because they are from the same country as you.

And I really hope that they have not banned private organ transplants if the donor elects who they want it to go to, eg: a family member living in Greece.
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2009-08-01 07:26:36
Bertster7
Confused Pothead
+1,101|6871|SE London

AussieReaper wrote:

Organs should go to whose who need them the most, not someone simply because they are from the same country as you.

And I really hope that they have not banned private organ transplants if the donor elects who they want it to go to, eg: a family member living in Greece.
It's really more about people who can afford it jumping up the waiting list for organs.

The fact that a number of rich people from foreign countries have been coming to the country just to have operations with organs bought from the NHS just compounds the problem.
2009-08-01 10:32:20
Turquoise
O Canada
+1,596|6695|North Carolina

mikkel wrote:

Hakei wrote:

No, that isn't how organs should work.

What right does a 60 year old man have to have an organ for a few more years instead of a young 20 year old who could use a full 10 out of it?
Kill old people.
I actually agree with both Bert and Hakei.

Class should not play a part, but then again, age should.

Rehabilitating the young is more important to society than doing the same for the old, because the young usually contribute more to society in terms of years left for working.

Although...  organs provided by a system paid for by British taxes should not be used to benefit those outside said system unless the donor specifically requests that it goes to someone outside the system.

In the end, being practical supercedes all other ethics IMHO.

Last edited by Turquoise (2009-08-01 10:34:34)

 

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