Organ Theft

[Bidaar Wanagsan]

Here's a thought experiment: A young orphan girl falls sick. Her kidneys are failing owing to a rare genetic disorder. And she has no relatives to donate a spare kidney. Her chances of being a recipient of an organ transplant are discouraging because the waiting list for a new kidney is long and there are not enough registered donors. You, the treating physician, find out that a man is coming in for a knee surgery shortly. He matches the girl’s blood type. You observe from a patient questionnaire that he completed when he registered that he is not an organ donor and never intends to be.

This revelation, far from sinking your heart, presents a happy opportunity, because if the guy will not permit a surgeon to ever tamper with his organs, then should you raid his extra kidney during his knee operation, he will never find out that he’s one kidney lighter and you will have saved a life without impairing his.

My friend has found himself in just such a position. What should he do?

 

[yasmin lan]

Here's a thought experiment: A young orphan girl falls sick. Her kidneys are failing owing to a rare genetic disorder. And she has no relatives to donate a spare kidney. Her chances of being a recipient of an organ transplant are discouraging because the waiting list for a new kidney is long and there are not enough registered donors. You, the treating physician, find out that a man is coming in for a knee surgery shortly. He matches the girl’s blood type. You observe from a patient questionnaire that he completed when he registered that he is not an organ donor and never intends to be.

This revelation, far from sinking your heart, presents a happy opportunity, because if the guy will not permit a surgeon to ever tamper with his organs, then should you raid his extra kidney during his knee operation, he will never find out that he’s one kidney lighter and you will have saved a life without impairing his.

My friend has found himself in just such a position. What should he do?

Never

 

[Bidaar Wanagsan]

Never

And let the girl die?

 

[NA9]

f*ck. NO.
That's pure evil

 

[Bidaar Wanagsan]

f*ck. NO.
That's pure evil

But letting poor innocent girls die is good. Amirite?

 

[NA9]

But letting poor innocent girls die is good. Amirite?

It's tragic but you can't take someones organ without consent. I don't know how someone can even contemplate doing that - it's a complete violation

 

[Bidaar Wanagsan]

It's tragic but you can't take someones organ without consent. I don't know how someone can even contemplate doing that - it's a complete violation

You can live a healthy life with just one kidney, so how is it a violayshun?