Ravenwood - 10/05/04 04:30 PM
Comedian George Carlin once said that when organ donors get into a car accident, the doctors aren't looking to fix them, they're looking for spare parts. CNN reports:
A western Colorado coroner said Monday that two hospitals allowed vital organs to be removed from a man before they had proven he was brain dead, and he declared the death a homicide.No charges are likely to be filed.The cause of William Rardin's death was "removal of his internal organs by an organ recovery team," Montrose County Coroner Mark Young said.
Grrr! This is why there are criteria a patient MUST meet in order to allow donor recovery teams to do their job. Personally, I think the hospitals AND the recovery teams need to be held accountable.
I learned the basic requirements that had to be in place before organs could be recovered back when I was a medical assistant. There are no excuses for NOT CHECKING that every step has been met prior to making the first incision.
Completely unacceptable on every count.
Posted by: Da Goddess at October 8, 2004 4:04 AM(c) Ravenwood and Associates, 1990 - 2014
