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[quote=Anonymous]A child can never donate to another person, even if it is a sibling.  I am pretty sure that there is no transplant center that would take anyone under the age of 18 as a possible donor.  There is too much risk for that donor, and parents cannot consent for it in place of the child.  Luckily, if a child needs a liver to save their life, an adult can donate by giving a partial liver graft.  However, most kidney patients can be sustained on dialysis for many years (although certainly with a negative impact towards their health and transplant outcome), so that they have to wait for a deceased donor to become available, a very small adult as a living donor, or wait until they get a little larger.  In this region, kids get a lot of preference on the list, so they rarely have to wait too long to get a transplant unless they are very hard to match due to antibodies they may have.  
So, there is no merit to the debate about getting a child to be a living donor for this sick child.  It is not acceptable in our current society, and it would not be allowed at any center.  (Although, you never know what someone will try next.)[/quote]

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