Dying Black Teen Denied Heart Transplant Due Partly to Low Grades and Trouble With the Law

[MarkLaw]

12. How they arrived at that decision is what is being questioned. Was bias, racial/economic prejudice

involved?

"You don't say who you think should PAY for your cousin's fiancee's pancreas. Me? You? The government....our taxes? Why cannot this guy get himself some insurance and be responsible for himself. Why is this anyone but his problem? Why? Don't they teach this stuff in school and college. Be responsible. Save a few dollars (there's a unique idea) for a rainy day.

Hearts are rare. If this man won't comply, if he's going out to get himself shot in a ghetto somewhere dealing drugs or some other crime WHY on earth would we waste a heart on him?"

The quote above is a comment from alternet posted by someone responding to this story. I have met many doctors who hold similar beliefs.

I've met some doctors who basically hold the view that the world would be better off without poor people. They believe they are a waste of resources and will just end up becoming addicts that will burden the state.


You are basically saying the discussion should end because doctors made a decision. I don't agree Doctors are not infallible! They are prone to the same prejudices and biases as everyone else.