Comments on: NHS SELLING ORGANS TO RICH FOREIGNERS http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/01/05/nhs-selling-organs-to-rich-foreigners/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Thu, 10 May 2012 21:39:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Paul http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/01/05/nhs-selling-organs-to-rich-foreigners/#comment-432961 Paul Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:14:18 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/01/05/nhs-selling-organs-to-rich-foreigners/#comment-432961 "Yes, but that’s true everywhere as overall there is a shortage of organs." Not so much in Iran, because they don't ban compensation for organs. “Yes, but that’s true everywhere as overall there is a shortage of organs.”

Not so much in Iran, because they don’t ban compensation for organs.

]]> By: Russell http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/01/05/nhs-selling-organs-to-rich-foreigners/#comment-432955 Russell Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:06:39 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/01/05/nhs-selling-organs-to-rich-foreigners/#comment-432955 Nice try, Mr. Brown, but no matter how much lipstick you smear on this beast, it's still a pig. Nice try, Mr. Brown, but no matter how much lipstick you smear on this beast, it’s still a pig.

]]> By: Marc Brown http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/01/05/nhs-selling-organs-to-rich-foreigners/#comment-432952 Marc Brown Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:20:58 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2009/01/05/nhs-selling-organs-to-rich-foreigners/#comment-432952 This story and your reporting of it is wrong in almost every respect. First, no organs are being sold - that's illegal. The bills are for hospital care. Second, those bills are paid mostly by other EU governments in small countries such as Cyprus where they do not have transplant programmes. And organs are not only donated to other European Union nationals, but organs are also exchanged with other countries, based on clinical need. And the number we are talking about in the UK is very small compared with organs taken up by UK nationals. And no Briton is dying because of this - in some cases livers are actually divided to take care of two people; in other cases the most suitable match is made rather than throw away material. Are people dying on transplant lists? Yes, but that's true everywhere as overall there is a shortage of organs. This story and your reporting of it is wrong in almost every respect. First, no organs are being sold – that’s illegal. The bills are for hospital care. Second, those bills are paid mostly by other EU governments in small countries such as Cyprus where they do not have transplant programmes. And organs are not only donated to other European Union nationals, but organs are also exchanged with other countries, based on clinical need. And the number we are talking about in the UK is very small compared with organs taken up by UK nationals. And no Briton is dying because of this – in some cases livers are actually divided to take care of two people; in other cases the most suitable match is made rather than throw away material. Are people dying on transplant lists? Yes, but that’s true everywhere as overall there is a shortage of organs.

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