Selection criteria are strict because the supply is limited for the demand.
Imagine an alternative result: Anita had every chance to live if given a new liver, but she was 2nd on the donor list and they gave it to some ex-alcoholic woman instead who after falling out with her partner relapsed to drinking and died from liver failure a few months later.
Selection criteria are strict because the supply is limited for the demand.
Imagine an alternative result: Anita had every chance to live if given a new liver, but she was 2nd on the donor list and they gave it to some ex-alcoholic woman instead who after falling out with her partner relapsed to drinking and died from liver failure a few months later.
I’m surprised the family didn’t try travelling for the transplant [1].
[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8326159/
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