The organ transplant program is the only chance some people have to live. It all begins when you are not feeling so well, you see a doctor and find that you suffer from a chronic disease. The only hope you have is another organ. However, there are a few situations where relatives can give you the donor you need. Most of the times you have to wait and many people died while being on that list.
There are some issues that should be solved if we want to have a more efficient organ transplant program. First of all, the waiting list. In some states, you will have to wait more for a liver transplant, for example, while in others you could have more chances. That is why many people spend money and go to other states for the organ transplant program. A long journey can make them feel worse and not to mention that it is more expensive than staying in your own state.
However, patients are trying everything just to live. Steve Jobs, for example, went to another state because he would have to wait for too much for a transplant in California. The authorities have already promised to find ways to improve the waiting lists and give people the same chance to live, no matter where they live.
Another issue is what happens when the donor was an addict. Should the patient who will receive the organ know this information about the donor? There are doctors who think that the patient should be informed about the health history of the man who gives them the organ. However, there are others who think that as long as the organ has no problem, the patient does not have to know that his donor was an addict.
The right thing to do is to tell the patient the truth, especially when we are talking about addicts. The big problem is that those who used drugs could have shared needles. Even if the test for HIV is negative, the virus could be in the incubation period. Doctors have the technology to discover if the donor was infected, but if the virus was caught in the last week before death, the results could be wrong. Transplant centers have to get consent for donors and make them aware of the danger.
Even though there are some issues which need to be solved, the organ transplant program is the best hope some people have.
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