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Apr 01, 04
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No, Doom's organs should be used only for the purpose of cloning/attempted ressurection after his death. And if that fails, said organs will be individually preserved and kept on display with his stuffed and dramatically posed body.
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Apr 02, 04
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i am all for donating, i know someone on a waiting list.
however, i wouldnt donte my heart, my eyes or my brain, just cause i want my heart, soul and thoughts cremated and spread somewhere. its a little bit crazy, but its just how i feel. and yes i know the heart is one of the most important organs to donate, thats the list my relative is on, but i just cant for some reason. my family knows my requests, but is it possible to tell the transplant place this and lay ownership to some organs but not others?
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Apr 02, 04
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More Info !!!
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For additional information, please contact: Sally Greenwood Communications Director BC Transplant Society (604) 877-2240 -- ask her about select organ donation and how to specify Organ Transplantation Fact Sheet There is a chronic shortage of hearts, lungs, kidneys and livers for transplant in BC as the need far outweighs the number of organs available for transplant. There are more than 400 people awaiting organ transplants and hundreds more awaiting corneal transplants. Approximately one of every three organs that could be available for transplant is lost because the wishes of the loved one are not known by their family. Many of those waiting for a solid organ transplant die on the waiting list. Demand for transplants is increasing while the number of organ donors remains unchanged. Survival rates of transplant patients continue to improve, providing recipients with an extended and high quality of life. Transplants are cost-effective. For those with kidney disease, the average cost of dialysis treatment is $50,000 a year. By comparison, the one-time cost of a kidney transplant in BC is approximately $20,000, with an additional yearly cost of about $6,000 for anti-rejection medications. Since January 1986, when the BC Transplant Society was established, more than 2,500 organ transplant procedures have been performed in BC. 1999 was the first year where more living donor kidney transplants were performed than deceased donor kidney transplants. Since the creation of the BCTS, the number of organ transplants performed annually has increased by more than 400%. Number of solid organ transplants performed in BC in 2003: Total: 202 130 kidney (72 Living Donor, 58 Deceased Donor) 35 liver (2 Living Donor, 33 Deceased Donor) 18 heart (17 Heart, 1 Heart-Kidney) 5 pancreas-kidney 1 pancreas 7 pancreas-islet 3 single-lung 3 double-lung * Average waiting times for organ transplantation in BC, from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003: • kidney (deceased adult) - 57.6 months • kidney (deceased pediatric) - 4.7 months • pancreas-kidney - 33.9 months • liver - 6.1 months • heart - 2.4 months • lung (single and double) - 8.8 months • pancreas islet - 6.3 months * Time on the waiting list is calculated based on transplants performed in the year.
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Apr 02, 04
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Apr 03, 04
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i would donate my organs to people that are in need of it. no to medical science. hey theat would be like me being a jewish and a nazi cutting me up to see what happens to organs when a person dies.no thanks, if i can help save a life after i have left this world then right on. what if i needed the organ hopefully someone else would be unselfish and try to help another being. just dont take my liver its already fucked. haha.:)
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Apr 04, 04
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i wonder if anyone would buy my kidney?
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Apr 04, 04
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