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Posted by Alex on 10/09/76 11:30
"Dr Zoidberg" <AlexNOOOOO!!!!!!@drzoidberg.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Alex wrote:
> > "Colin Wilson" <void@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> > news:MPG.1dcb7f7dbd8d8c3e98968f@news.individual.net...
> >>> Have no sympathy for him. Wasted the 2nd chance he was given.
> >>> Someone else could have done better with it.
> >>
> >> My father in law died of liver cancer - he didn't get the chance of a
> >> transplant (he wasn't famous !)
> >>
> >> As soon as he knew he was ill he stopped drinking / smoking, and the
> >> *only* time he took another drink was when he was in a hospice a
> >> couple of days before he died. At that stage of the game it becomes
> >> irrelevant what you do as you're on borrowed time. The nurses know
> >> that, you know that, but he was still hesitant.
> >
> > My condolences - though in Best's defence he did not get any
> > preferential treatment when going on the transplant list: you cannot
> > jump that queue in the UK with money (not that he has much I think).
> >
> But you can if you are famous.
> There are plenty of people needing transplants that wouldn't have carried
on
> getting pissed. He must have been picked ahead of them for some reason
I don't think he was given any preferential treatment - he did wait for over
2 years. I'm not a great fan by any means, unlike those who seem to be
eulogising at the moment. This link would suggest to me that the guidelines
for allocation are pretty strict and controlled:
<http://www.uktransplant.org.uk/ukt/about_transplants/organ_allocation/organ
_allocation.jsp>
It would be interesting if a member of the Royal Family (or leading
politician?) needed a transplant.
As far as I know though his current problems are caused by a kidney
infection and internal bleeding from the bowel - so not sure if they are
directly linked to his replacement liver, though he must have been weakened
by the general damage from his alcoholism. It all depends whether you
accept alcoholism is an illness - I have my doubts as a teetotaler but
clinically it is.
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