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I have a solution that costs no money that makes the organ shortage situation much better. It involves enacting one rule: A person may only receive an organ
by gregwebs 17y ago
I have a solution that costs no money that makes the organ shortage situation much better. It involves enacting one rule:
A person may only receive an organ if that person is a registered organ donor.
- akeefer 17y agoAnd how exactly would that help? As the article points out, even if everyone were an organ donor that wouldn't significantly impact the massive waiting list. It's also the case that people who are receiving the organs probably aren't the best candidates for organ donation anyway.
- gregwebs 17y agoYes, it would significantly impact the waiting list, as the article points out! Making everyone a donor would mean the waiting list would start decreasing instead of increasing. To get the list down to zero within a decade (without monetary compensation) you would need that plus other techniques mentioned in the article. This is a general idea for all organs- most other organs cannot be taken from living people and thus cannot use techniques mentioned in the article.
- anamax 17y ago> without monetary compensation Remind me - why is monetary compensation bad? Everyone in the transplant system is paid except the person who makes it possible....