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MADem

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6. It's obvious that these boards 'prioritize' or 'triage' their patients.

Reply to alp227 (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 18, 2012, 02:39 AM

Jan 2012

They seem to do it based on age and medical health and patient lifestyle, but I would bet that if you could afford to put a wing on a hospital and buy a lot of specialized equipment, they'd be persuaded to find you a body part even if you were a heroin addict or a habitual drunk or 96 years old. Money talks, and all that.

And they will keep doing it due to shortage of spare parts, or until we learn to 'grow our own' via cloning the parts.

It stinks because it's unfair.

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