this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2024
309 points (93.3% liked)

Canada

7152 readers
351 users here now

What's going on Canada?



Communities


🍁 Meta


πŸ—ΊοΈ Provinces / Territories


πŸ™οΈ Cities / Regions


πŸ’ SportsHockey

Football (NFL)

  • List of All Teams: unknown

Football (CFL)

  • List of All Teams: unknown

Baseball

Basketball

Soccer


πŸ’» Universities


πŸ’΅ Finance / Shopping


πŸ—£οΈ Politics


🍁 Social & Culture


Rules

Reminder that the rules for lemmy.ca also apply here. See the sidebar on the homepage:

https://lemmy.ca


founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

I assume you were not getting a transplant? The risks of regurgitation during surgery is in no way comparable to the risk of relapse in someone with hx alcohol use disorder in early remission. Addiction is a terrible beast. I am sad that she died too, but we have to blame the systems of addiction, not the medical board.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nope. This seems like a stupid rule.

Transplant guidelines in Ontario and much of Canada require patients with ALD to first qualify for a deceased donor liver. If they don't meet that criteria, they aren't considered for a living liver transplant, even if one is available.

It was perfectly possible with her partners liver. This is just "no you didn't do what we want so we just let you die", and you're here trying to justify that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

okay doctor. can you think of a reason why they aren't considered for a living donor? besides corruption and malfeasance?