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.
  • driving_crooner
    43·
    4 months ago

    Donating an organ is a pretty invasive operation that can have a lot of complications, doctors aren’t only taking the recipient health, but the donor too, in the equation.

    • DefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nl
      31·
      4 months ago

      We’re explicitly talking about a situation where the donor is suitable. So I don’t know what kind of information you’re trying to add here.

      • driving_crooner
        2·
        4 months ago

        Even if the donor is suitable, the operation to extract the donor organ is invasive and can have complications.