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Good question. They may have notified him or it could have been the transplant occurring within hours of the accident and only 20/30 miles away. Crosby’s transplant was big local news and everyone knew about it in real-time. It’s not uncommon for donors to know who the recipient is, they even have reunion picnics. Obviously these are not heart or liver donors!

Or he could have been full of shit! It was a good story though.
 
Alzero said:
Good question. They may have notified him or it could have been the transplant occurring within hours of the accident and only 20/30 miles away. Crosby’s transplant was big local news and everyone knew about it in real-time. It’s not uncommon for donors to know who the recipient is, they even have reunion picnics. Obviously these are not heart or liver donors!

Or he could have been full of shit! It was a good story though.
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It's forbidden over here for a recipient to know the donor.

Paul
 
I have always been puzzled regarding the practices in some countries prohibiting the recipient of an organ transplant from knowing where (who) the organ came from. In this present day, it seems to me that practice could lead to black market trade in organs. If ever I were to need an organ transplant I certainly would like to know where and who it came from, not some poor soul chopped up in a backstreet surgical site.
 
I think if I lost someone near and dear to me prematurely, meeting the person whose life was saved would help me process the loss. It’s one thing to read or be told that some unknown person received such and such organ from your loved one. But actually shaking the hand of that person would be real on a different level.
 
Alzero said:
I think if I lost someone near and dear to me prematurely, meeting the person whose life was saved would help me process the loss. It’s one thing read or being told that some unknown person received such and such organ from your loved one. But actually shaking the hand of that person would be real on a different level.
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That person is usually quite dead and won't shake hands.

Paul
 
78jotadave said:
I have always been puzzled regarding the practices in some countries prohibiting the recipient of an organ transplant from knowing where (who) the organ came from. In this present day, it seems to me that practice could lead to black market trade in organs. If ever I were to need an organ transplant I certainly would like to know where and who it came from, not some poor soul chopped up in a backstreet surgical site.
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Can't one sell one's organs in your country? Can't blood donors be retributed in the States, blood cells being considered as an organ of sorts? Totally shocking seen from over here.
It seems to me that you're profoundly deluding yourself if you think that the possibility of knowing the donor is a safeguard against organ trafficking.

We are used to a system where anonymity is the guarantee of a disinterested donation and a sign of human solidarity.

Paul
 

Keeping things of a bodily nature ..... Pauline had something in common with Sir Walter Raleighs widow ...... she carried her husbands severed head around with her in a red velvet bag .... Pauline attended early Sex Pistols gigs carrying a plastic shopping bag which contained ..... well you can probably guess the rest ........
 
Paul Marx said:
Can't one sell one's organs in your country? Can't blood donors be retributed in the States, blood cells being considered as an organ of sorts? Totally shocking seen from over here.
It seems to me that you're profoundly deluding yourself if you think that the possibility of knowing the donor is a safeguard against organ trafficking.

We are used to a system where anonymity is the guarantee of a disinterested donation and a sign of human solidarity.

Paul
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er what?
Get your organs here, get them while they're hot, and guaranteed one owner.
 
78jotadave said:
er what?
Get your organs here, get them while they're hot, and guaranteed one owner.
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You're lucky to live in a country where organ transplants are available free of charge to all irrespective of race, creed or social position and wealth. Then, there is nothing for sale.

Paul
 
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