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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]yes, she should be denied an unrelated transplant from the organ donation matching system. i am betting that the hospital "denying" her a familial live donation has much more to do with her as a surgical risk than anything else; i think she is probably a poor candidate to undergo the surgery/anesthesia/post-operative course with immunosuppressiive meds/etc and the parents are hung up on the part that she couldn't get on the national list, so are getting media attention for that.[/quote]

I am also wondering if the financial cost was not part of the decision making process.  Did the insurance company also deny coverage?.  Is there insurance?  Will the hospital pick up the tab?  Did doctors refuse to donate their time because of the unlikelihood of success?  When making these life and dead decisions, do the panel also consider the receipient's ability to pay it forward to the community?  I don't know the answers to these questions, but I wonder if any of them were factors.  [/quote]

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