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19 Year old denied liver transplant
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http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0820/andersong.htm l
The rule applies to Alcoholics
Speaking on the news , his father's arguement is that his son is not an alcoholic .
Do you think that an exception should apply here , or should the rule still apply .
The rule applies to Alcoholics
Speaking on the news , his father's arguement is that his son is not an alcoholic .
Do you think that an exception should apply here , or should the rule still apply .
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Eventually got it - didn't work for me first couple of times:
The family of a 19-year-old Co Down man who suffered liver failure after binge drinking has been told he will not qualify for a liver transplant until he is six months alcohol-free.
Gareth Anderson is critically ill at the Ulster Hospital because his liver failed following a weekend spent binge drinking with friends.
Liver specialists say most patients who develop liver failure have been drinking heavily for more than a decade.
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But according to the patient's father, Brian Anderson, Gareth had what he called 'a few heavy weekends' but did not seem to be partying more than other teenagers.
The rule is the UK is that potential recipients need to be six months alcohol-free to qualify for a liver transplant.
Mr Anderson says his son may not survive that long.
DUP Assembly member Jim Shannon has asked for the six-month rule to be waived.
So far there is no indication that an exception will be made.
Is the full article
The family of a 19-year-old Co Down man who suffered liver failure after binge drinking has been told he will not qualify for a liver transplant until he is six months alcohol-free.
Gareth Anderson is critically ill at the Ulster Hospital because his liver failed following a weekend spent binge drinking with friends.
Liver specialists say most patients who develop liver failure have been drinking heavily for more than a decade.
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But according to the patient's father, Brian Anderson, Gareth had what he called 'a few heavy weekends' but did not seem to be partying more than other teenagers.
The rule is the UK is that potential recipients need to be six months alcohol-free to qualify for a liver transplant.
Mr Anderson says his son may not survive that long.
DUP Assembly member Jim Shannon has asked for the six-month rule to be waived.
So far there is no indication that an exception will be made.
Is the full article
There are not enough livers available to transplant everybody that needs one.
I don't think people should be excluded from the list just because they drink. Nor should they be pushed up the list on grounds of age, unless age is a determining factor in transplant survival.
However when you add a new case then that means that there is going to be another case somewhere who will not get a liver.
The medics must be allowed to determine who gets what livers there are, based on which cases are the most likely to benefit and survive.
I don't think people should be excluded from the list just because they drink. Nor should they be pushed up the list on grounds of age, unless age is a determining factor in transplant survival.
However when you add a new case then that means that there is going to be another case somewhere who will not get a liver.
The medics must be allowed to determine who gets what livers there are, based on which cases are the most likely to benefit and survive.
To answer the question is very difficult without knowing the full facts of the case.
We only have the fathers word that he had a 'few heavy weekends'
But what does this mean? A few could be anything from 3 to 300 - and that is only the ones that his father knows about.
His picture should be published as much as possible and the consequences of binge drinking drawn even more to the attention of the youth of today.
I wonder if we have all the facts in this case.
If this were caused by a one off drinking bout, he must of had a lot of booze.
Whilst I can understand The lad and his family fighting for a transplant, I wonder how people who have been patiently waiting would feel about someone queue jumping. Sadly organs for transplant are not plentiful enough, and why should availability be based on who shouts loudest.
If this were caused by a one off drinking bout, he must of had a lot of booze.
Whilst I can understand The lad and his family fighting for a transplant, I wonder how people who have been patiently waiting would feel about someone queue jumping. Sadly organs for transplant are not plentiful enough, and why should availability be based on who shouts loudest.
His picture should be published as much as possible and the consequences of binge drinking drawn even more to the attention of the youth of today.
Sadly, I dont think that occurrances of this nature , have much effect upon the binge drinking culture .
From what I observe , getting pi$$ed out of your mind on a weekend , appears , to be a goal and some peoples idea of a good night out .
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Well, don't believe the father. Believe me because I'm an alcoholic ,though not a practising one. (Once an alcoholic you're always one). We lie to everyone, including ourselves..The youngster has almost certainly convinced himself that he's only an occasional, if binge, drinker. Unfortunately the medical evidence proves conclusively otherwise, that he's an alcoholic, dependant on the stuff. He's the same as the rest of us, but practising.And that's the problem. He's not showing, nor likely to show, any ability to be sober. Interestingly one man who is inclined to the view that he be given a chance is my own specialist, but that's a view that has to be weighed against the reality that there are not enough livers and there must be more appropriate and deserving cases than this. (My specialist gave George Best a new liver and we all know how that turned out)
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