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[quote=Anonymous]Have you seen this story? http://www.wolfhirschhorn.org/2012/01/amelia/brick-walls/ Little girl is three, has a genetic syndrome that includes as a symptom a pretty significant cognitive disability, needs a kidney transplant within six months to a year to save her life. CHOP (Children's of Pennsylvania) docs tell her family that because she is "mentally retarded" she will be ineligible, not just to be on a donor list, but also to receive a kidney transplant from a donor in her own family. The doctor reportedly says things to the child's own mother like, "she is not eligible because of her quality of life, because of her mental delays," and "I have been warned about you, about how involved you and your family are with Amelia." He says this to her mother! Can you imagine? I don't know how this woman kept even a modicum of composure. They didn't want to even let her own family donate a kidney to save her life because she is "mentally retarded." Horrible![/quote]
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