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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: News Articles => Topic started by: cassandra on April 08, 2018, 12:42:06 AM

Title: Waitinglists and solutions
Post by: cassandra on April 08, 2018, 12:42:06 AM
 
 http://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/langas/PIIS2468-1253(17)30037-7.pdf
Title: Re: Waitinglists and solutions
Post by: cassandra on April 08, 2018, 12:49:37 AM
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  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41199918
Title: Re: Waitinglists and solutions
Post by: Simon Dog on April 08, 2018, 07:20:04 AM
I like the Israeli system the article mentions - higher priority on the list if you are a donor.   The US has this as well, but only if you have already donated.
Title: Re: Waitinglists and solutions
Post by: LorinnPKD on April 09, 2018, 12:11:01 PM
With PKD, we're not able to donate anything at all.  I tried to donate bone marrow years ago but was rejected.

If I could have donated anything, I'd have been first in line. 
Title: Re: Waitinglists and solutions
Post by: kristina on April 09, 2018, 12:53:48 PM
I like the Israeli system the article mentions ...

... An acquaintance of mine told me that there are serious problems with kidney donations because of religious reasons ... ?
Title: Re: Waitinglists and solutions
Post by: Simon Dog on April 09, 2018, 01:00:41 PM
I like the Israeli system the article mentions ...

... An acquaintance of mine told me that there are serious problems with kidney donations because of religious reasons ... ?
I was referring to the Israeli practice in which listing oneself as a donor is of benefit to you in the allocation process if you ever need an organ.

It is unfortunate that people in the US who are adamantly against donation get treated identically on the waiting list than those of us who have listed ourselves as organ donors ever since becoming of legal age.    And doubly offensive that non-citizens get treated identically on the waitlist.
Title: Re: Waitinglists and solutions
Post by: iolaire on April 09, 2018, 02:29:35 PM
I like the Israeli system the article mentions ...

... An acquaintance of mine told me that there are serious problems with kidney donations because of religious reasons ... ?
In Japan religious belief a serious problem with donation.  I don’t know if it’s on the Buddhist or Shinto belief.  I think the one Hospital I was looking at in either Tokyo or Kyoto did under 15 transplants in a year.