tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post6366452165020246349..comments2024-03-21T09:30:11.468+00:00Comments on Man in a Shed: Gordon Brown and the body snatchersMan in a Shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-58257413072515821012008-01-14T09:14:00.000+00:002008-01-14T09:14:00.000+00:00old and angry - I should declare an interest here ...old and angry - I should declare an interest here ( as should Gordon Brown ), my father and aunt both had heart transplants ( my father died within a month - for reasons we never fully understood ).<BR/><BR/>So I see the need for transplant organs, but what you suggest is one of the chilling prospects this move opens up.<BR/><BR/>As lettersfromatory explains there are other options. Another would be to write to the whole UK population and ask them ( the government managed a letter to the 23 million child benefit claimants whose records they lost ).<BR/><BR/>During the weeks I spent pacing around Papworth, where my father had his transplant and died, I noticed that they also did lung and heart and lung transplants. These are mostly required for young people with cystic fibrosis.<BR/><BR/>Now Gordon Brown has a son with this condition and he is determining the circumstances of his potential treatment. This to my mind looks as clear a conflict of interest.<BR/><BR/>We should also remember that all our decisions have an impact. If transplant organs are more freely available - therapies that get around the need for transplant won't receive the same backing. In the long term this may be a bad thing. There is no easy answer here.<BR/><BR/>Gordon Brown would have done well to have declared his interest and let someone else take the lead on this. ( In fact why is the PM involved at all ? Looks like opportunistic politics. )<BR/><BR/>Finally I should add that the courage and generosity of those individuals whom carry doner cards and whose families can see through their grief to help others should be applauded. In particular the family of the young woman who died in a traffic accident and allowed their daughters heart to be used for transplant to my father.Man in a Shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00990902055642035293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-3768473611751540362008-01-14T08:00:00.000+00:002008-01-14T08:00:00.000+00:00Burning Our Money blogged about paying us to donat...Burning Our Money blogged about paying us to donate organs if they are really desperate - seems sensible to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565399.post-35630052176135660652008-01-13T19:53:00.000+00:002008-01-13T19:53:00.000+00:00My problem is,I have a friend who is a "Trauma Nur...My problem is,<BR/>I have a friend who is a "Trauma Nurse",and assists is theatre.<BR/>The tales he told me about people involved in serious Road Traffic Accidents brought into hospital made me shiver....<BR/>So you have a brain injured Man or Woman, perfectly good Kidneys, Liver, Lungs etc,<BR/>The patients quality of life is going to be very poor with recovery......however, there are folks waiting for transplants,<BR/>Need i spell it out!old and angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10460349012174678718noreply@blogger.com