▲ 315 ▼ Woman who was denied a liver transplant, after review highlighted alcohol use, has died (www.ctvnews.ca) submitted 2 years ago by NightOwl@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca 279 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Evotech@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) Takes up valuable hospital times permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago No. A partial liver transplant wasn't viable for someone this sick, so when the partial transplant failed, they would have to resort to a full transplant from a dead donor. But she wasn't eligible, so a partial transplant was just a death sentence. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 years ago No. A partial liver transplant wasn't viable for someone this sick, so when the partial transplant failed, they would have to resort to a full transplant from a dead donor. But she wasn't eligible, so a partial transplant was just a death sentence. permalink fedilink source parent