• Federal Judge Has Ordered Secretary Of Health And Humans Services To Make Exception For Girl Needing
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[QUOTE]A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary to suspend existing organ allocation rules to give a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl a better chance at a life-saving lung transplant.[/QUOTE] [URL]http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/06/05/18779741-judge-orders-girl-added-to-adult-lung-transplant-list?lite[/URL] [URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1275630"]Previous Thread - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Refuses To Save Dying Girl "I Can’t Step Into Girl’s Transplant Case"[/URL]
Why though? I mean great news but now everyone's going to ask for the same treatment. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Didn't read" - Starpluck))[/highlight]
I feel bad for the girl and everything but.. this is still kinda fucked, innit? [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Didn't read" - Starpluck))[/highlight]
This is gonna end up bad. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Didn't read" - Starpluck))[/highlight]
This was a case of humanity vs. bureaucracy. Humanity won. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Didn't read" - Starpluck))[/highlight]
[QUOTE=J$ Psychotic;40921763]This was a case of humanity vs. bureaucracy. Humanity won.[/QUOTE] not really it was just a judge making a poor decision with good intentions to look heroic and sympathetic the ruling basically tells all the other kids waiting for transplants "sorry you aren't a cute little girl with parents that can afford lawyers" [editline]6th June 2013[/editline] if they had removed the under-12 rule and let children join the queue for adult lung transplants based on severity of illness rather than age, then it might've been a win for humans vs bureaucracy [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Didn't read" - Starpluck))[/highlight]
So they have some sort of separate adult and child waiting list?
kind of weird that a judge can do that isn't it? just suspend a law for a certain case. i don't really know much about what powers a 'federal judge' has though [editline]6th June 2013[/editline] well i guess it's not a law, but doesn't that make it even weirder?
I bet it was because she got a bunch of likes on Facebook.
Although I think it's fucked up that children have the lowest priority in the donation list and relatively healthier adults would have priority in the transplant list compared to sicker children, why did they make an exception just for her instead of completely overriding the under-12 policy? It's not fair that other families with dying children who can't afford lawyers and have the resources to present a case, and it's not fair that an adult who may have needed a transplant more urgently(according to the medical experts) will be pushed back.
[QUOTE=Novangel;40921573]Why though? I mean great news but now everyone's going to ask for the same treatment. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Didn't read" - Starpluck))[/highlight][/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Furioso;40921625]I feel bad for the girl and everything but.. this is still kinda fucked, innit? [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Didn't read" - Starpluck))[/highlight][/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;40921742]This is gonna end up bad. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Didn't read" - Starpluck))[/highlight][/QUOTE] [QUOTE=J$ Psychotic;40921763]This was a case of humanity vs. bureaucracy. Humanity won. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Didn't read" - Starpluck))[/highlight][/QUOTE] starpluck's wacky ride
[QUOTE=Lord of Ears;40921999]starpluck's wacky ride[/QUOTE] THE RIDE NEVER ENDS [B](User was banned for this post ("Didn't read" - Starpluck))[/B] please don't tell me i'll get banned for that is it only redtexting it that makes it banworthy please do not lead by example
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