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I actually know someone who got one done in 2006. From what I remember, it was one of those don't ask don't tell deal. However it was understood that the organ
by pcurve 8y ago
I actually know someone who got one done in 2006. From what I remember, it was one of those don't ask don't tell deal. However it was understood that the organ came from executed prisoner. It saved her life. I don't know anything about what goes into ensuring donor's organ is a reasonable match, but I'm not too sure if the waiting period for her was that long. Anyway I do remember it became much more difficult for foreigner to get transplant shortly afterwards but this article seems to indicate the trend is reversing with institional practice.
- Proven 8y agoIf they didn't like, I'd like to know why the prisoner was executed - because they found a buyer or because the sentence matched the crime. But "don't ask don't tell" so... I wonder whether it's different in North Korea. Socialists don't even give their citizens the luxury of being treated like commodity (which would fetch the person or their family a market price) - you get treated like worthless garbage.
- Teever 8y agoI always wondered why Steve Jobs waited around so long for his liver transplant instead of just getting one from China. And before you say morals don't forget he gamed the waiting list in the US to get the too-late liver and he had no qualms seeing slave labour build his companies products.
- dpark 8y agoSteve Jobs didn’t need a Chinese organ. He just needed to decide he was ready to get the transplant instead of trying to cure his cancer with a special diet. Once he realized he wasn’t curing himself with his diet, he got the transplant quickly because, as you noted, he gamed the system.
- Teever 8y agoBut once he was on the transplant list he still had to wait and he still gamed it to shorten that wait. Which makes me wonder why he didn't just get a Chinese liver at that point.
- dpark 8y agoPossibly because he didn't want someone killed for his liver. Also it's not clear how long Jobs actually waited. In addition to the geographic system gaming, there was some shady stuff with the doctor who gave Jobs the transplant. http://fortune.com/2013/12/08/the-surgeon-who-gave-steve-jobs-a-new-liver-and-two-more-years-faces-new-questions/ http://fortune.com/2013/12/08/the-surgeon-who-gave-steve-job...