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People suffer accidents, and in absence of donation, perfectly fine organs would just rot with them in the grave. With transplants, we take these organs that wo
by Qem 4y ago
People suffer accidents, and in absence of donation, perfectly fine organs would just rot with them in the grave. With transplants, we take these organs that would otherwise be wasted, and give other people maybe years or decades of additional productive life. The overall economic impact must be overwhelmingly positive to society as a whole.
- DoreenMichele 4y agoAccording to the web site Transplant Living, created by the United Network for Organ Sharing, the average total cost for the first year for a double lung transplant costs $657,800. And then you take immunosuppressive drugs the rest of your life. https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/katy/news/article/The-cost-of-an-organ-transplant-9452184.php https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/katy/news/article/The-cos... Also, bear in mind the FTA is about an artificially engineered pig heart, not a human heart.