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PassionateLover2
When I learned that a 10-year old girl needed a lung transplant and is actually number 66 on the overall donors list, (but actually "behind" all adults over the age of 12), it made me think that maybe there is something wrong with the organ
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When I learned that a 10-year old girl needed a lung transplant and is actually number 66 on the overall donors list, (but actually "behind" all adults over the age of 12), it made me think that maybe there is something wrong with the organ donor system.
It is interest to know that it's compulsory for all Israeli people, starting at age 18, to join the military in defense of their homeland; except for religious reasons.
Therefore, should ORGAN donation be mandatory by all adults for the benefit of the American citizen to help their fellow human being? Is there something wrong with the current Organ Donor's List Program? Can something else be done to improve the organ donation in our society?
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I looks like the 10-year old Pennsylvania girl has been given a Federal Judge's approval to be placed on the
"adult" waiting list for a lung donation. With NO help from Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, the young girl will have until June 14 when a hearing will be scheduled to determine the Judge's Court Order. There has been much public concern regarding the way the Organ Donor's List is structured. It appears to some that 'age vs. health risk' determines the way Organ Donation is allocated.
It is so sad that some federal bureaucrat decides who or who doesn't get medical help. And just imagine that starting in 2014 the Internal Revenue Service (another Federal Agency) will play a major role in our health care and not between you or your doctor!