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Thread #63517   Message #1893754
Posted By: eddie1
26-Nov-06 - 04:40 AM
Thread Name: BS: donating organs after death
Subject: RE: BS: donating organs after death
When I shuffle off this mortal coil, if anyone can benefit from any of my bits, they're welcome. I'm not going to need them.
Did see something disturbing on breakfast TV (in the UK) a couple of days ago. A woman who had MS wanted her organs to go to the MS society for research. Her husband and the MS Society were in agreement. When she died however it seemed the hospital she was in was not "certified" to carry out this procedure and nothing happened. I did not catch the whole piece so I missed out on what was said at the beginning but her husband was pretty shattered and felt that she was prevented from allowing others to benefit in some way from her death.
It seems that most hospitals are "certified" and if not, it's not a difficult process. They just hadn't bothered!

eddie