Family of girl needing lung transplant 'excited' by ruling

[Xithras]

2. Not really

The rule is in place because children under 12 have a substantially higher mortality rate when receiving transplant lungs from adult donors. UNOS doesn't simply direct organs to those who have been on the list the longest, but also those who have the HIGHEST chance of actually surviving the surgeries and who have the greatest need. The prohibition on adult lungs for those under 12 was applied because, more often than not, the kid dies. When that happens, the lungs are wasted, and the older potential recipients who COULD have received them and survived will often die as well.

The rules exist for a reason. It's not about fairness, but about effectiveness. These narcissistic parents want the rules waived (and want to kill someone else's son/daughter/father/mother) because they want to take a shot at the fairly small chance that it will work out for them.