Woman who was denied a liver transplant, after review highlighted alcohol use, has died
Woman who was denied a liver transplant, after review highlighted alcohol use, has died
Questions are being raised about the case of a 36-year-old Ontario woman who died of liver failure after she was rejected for a life-saving liver transplant after a medical review highlighted her prior alcohol use.
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As grim as it might be, transplants are handled by apathetic, risk averse math and little else. Loose organs and surgeons are far from common.
30 2 ReplyHonestly I find that the opposite of grim, I wish more problems were solved in a cold and calculated way.
12 3 ReplyLike killing disabled people because it's cheaper, farming slaves to provide cheap labour, that sort of thing?
There a good reason we tend to prefer the more humane and emotionally guided solutions over the mathematically most efficient.
3 1 ReplyThat's only true if you are optimising for profit. You can make a purely logical argument for caring for people.
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