Breadhax0r@lemmy.worldtoCanada@lemmy.ca•Woman who was denied a liver transplant, after review highlighted alcohol use, has died
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11 days agoIt’s not super clear, but the article makes it sound like if a partial graft from a live donor fails, then the recipient is automatically fast tracked for a new transplant from a deceased donor.
If that’s the case then maybe policy should be changed in the case of alcohol abuse.
I totally understand the mortality aspect, I was just thinking if a patient is 100% going to die from liver failure without a transplant, any chance to live from a live donor seems worth it. Of course I don’t know any statistics so I have nothing to base it on.
Maybe euthanasia should be a legal option instead of a slow agonizing death that puts next of kin into medical debt.