Denied Liver Transplant Because He Smokes Mary J Dies

I'm gonna have to come down on the side on the transplant committee.

While it's not the man's fault that his doctor was unaware of the rule, the transplant committee presumably knows far more about the likely outcome of the surgery than we do.

It is the doctor's responsibility to know. Ignorance is no excuse.

All I know is that is fuked.

The fact that the doc can prescribe it, yet it is illegal. Ok, that makes sense how?

The fact that the doc didn't take into account his wanting to be on a waiting list, and took so little responsibility. That's fuked.

The fact that this man, people in general, die waiting to get on a list..are denied...or die waiting on the list.


Most fuked is that this all probably a way of twisting the fact that he was 'de-prioritized' because he was once a drug user.

There might very well be a good sound medical reason why the man was "high risk" as a transplant recipient. Probably, ...I want to hope that.

Still, it is brutal the way it works for some people. Costing them their life.

AT LEAST HE FOUND A WAY to enjoy his weed and get some food down, and hopefully have a better quality of life while he could.

Weed can be quite useful when not abused .

The background of this patient is scant (at least in this article). While I feel physical pain for the patient and his family, I also know that livers for transplant are scarce. Doctors sort of triage the requests for transplants and the candidates who will survive most successfully will get the livers.

Would the liver have cleared his hepatitis? Would a new liver have cured him?

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this article

Exactly, littlek.

It's not like there are enough livers to go around and he was denied.

They are forced to make tough choices. It's sad.

Sometimes the littlest thing can make or break it.