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> You do know that the hospital doesn't get paid for organs donated, right? I have no idea what incentives you think they have to kill you. Believe it or not,
by zizee 4y ago
> You do know that the hospital doesn't get paid for organs donated, right? I have no idea what incentives you think they have to kill you.
Believe it or not, money is not the only motivator of people. Wanting to help someone you have a stronger relationship with (because one patient can communicate, the other cannot) could be incentive enough for some people. And doctors are, in the end, just people.
I am not suggesting that most doctors would do this, or even a sizable percentage, but it would be reassuring that measures would be in place to ensure what the GP is talking about cannot happen. I suspect everyone realises this, and there are actually systems in place to protect organ donors against harvesting whilst still alive.
Edit: this comment suggests the GP's fears are not so far fetched https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33300503 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33300503 EEP!
- hinkley 4y agoI believe I almost all cases the doctor removing and the doctor installing are on two different medical teams. Otherwise you’d be doing two surgeries back to back, using two different skill sets and at two different locations.
- HWR_14 4y agoNot only are the two teams of doctors likely different, and the hospitals where they are operating different, but in the US a bureaucracy determines who gets the organ based on need. It's not up to any doctor involved. So the odds that the two doctors who are involved will ever know each other, let alone one doctor knowing both patients, seems microscopic.