Gregory Jacobs Killed for His Organs? »
Posted By orndorffter 8 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsAn Ohio couple whose teenage son was injured in a snowboarding accident has filed a lawsuit, claiming his doctors harvested his organs before he was declared dead.
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not2needy8 months, 2 weeks ago
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My sister donated tissue and organs from her son when he had a massive stroke. I don't think they can actually wait until the body is "dead" before they start harvesting the organs, otherwise they aren't usable. I may be wrong about this, but i seem to remember something to that effect. Either way, it's still a tragedy in any case, especially where young people are concerned.
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david_nwpa8 months, 2 weeks ago
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This story has put Erie in a bad light. I have been a patient in the hospital in which this happened. Their surgeons are highly skilled, and alleged mistakes like this simply do not happen. No matter how this case is settled, it is tragic for the family of the child.
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anamericantwo8 months, 2 weeks ago
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This is the very reason that I don't sign up to be an organ donor!! I also advised my relatives not to sign up because if a VIP has a special need you don't know what could occur should an accident happen to your loved one. There is so much corruption in this world that I just don't have trust anymore. Hope for the parents' sake that it was valid and ethical. My heart goes out to the family.
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kayakia9198 months, 2 weeks ago
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I somehow believe this is possible. With all this HI-TEK technology out their i would not rule this out. Science has gotten so out of control, and there are alot of experimenting on each other; both animals and humans. Unfortunately, things like this has to happen.But we 4get the doctors that are placed in these positions. It becomes a matter of LIVE & DEATH. Paperwork has to be signed of course! Maintaining a human-being consists of so many elements.Think about it...Death is apart of life. If 'Intentionally' done, it MUST be punished with the applicable law attached!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ratskii8 months, 2 weeks ago
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I recall hearing something out of Philadelphia about 15 or 20 years back. Some major hospitals put together protocols for organ harvesting that someone leaked to the state attorney's office. The attorney general took a look at them and almost had a stroke himself.
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Among other things they urged doctors to administer drugs to patients with massive brain injuries that while preserving the person's organs would certainly kill them. He announced that he could prosecute the first doctor to use these new guidelines for murder. They were of course changed, though the whistle blower lost her job.
The article keeps quoting the hospital as saying they followed their guidelines. Whether or not they committed murder depends on what those guidelines were. I notice they weren't saying. -
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gonzmay18 months, 2 weeks ago
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This addresses a concern I have had about the future and the medical profession, and unsustainable universal Health care. I wonder how many lives will be lost, denied access, or the plug pulled on prematurely due to costs, preferential treatment for younger, more productive citizens..
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The harvesting of organs has got to be potentially HUGE business, if it isn't already. I certainly hope for this poor family's sake that the hospital got permission, can prove that there was no hope for survival, etc. before they helped themselves. I am reconsidering my donor status.
Due to the recent legislation regarding the overturn on the ban for taxpayer funded embryonic stem cell research, when adult stem cells and cord blood have proven to be much more effective than embryonic cell shows me that, regardless of facts or real science, we are headed into a future of a medical profession that will dramatically change as our laws change concerning the abortion industry, overturning Fed/state laws, more social and genetic engineering, production, experimentation and manipulation of human life. This will be change that no one will want to see, even if you think you support it. -
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earthlingerer8 months, 2 weeks ago
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I used to work for a procurer and brokerage of human samples for a while, and I know that globally there is a demand for ALL KINDS of bits, pieces and juices of humans for research and development.
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You ever wonder why when your sick, they take so much blood for a test that uses a fraction of a milliliter of plasma or serum? How about that third, or painful fourth biopsy? They collect blood from dying babies.
Then they sell it.
This kind of thing happens probably more frequently than people would want to know about. -
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orndorffter8 months, 2 weeks ago
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I to have been in the medical field evry sence I was 22 years old and I have seen some things that upset me bad. I have turned them in and also had them shut down, so many things that I cannot get out of my mind. Anything is posilbe.
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