cclawfjj Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 FULL ARTICLE Doctors say it is unlikely that former Vice President **** Cheney got special treatment when he was given a new heart at age 71 that thousands of younger people also were in line to receive. Still, his case reopens debate about whether rules should be changed to favor youth over age in giving out scarce organs. As it stands now, time on the waiting list, medical need and where you live determine the odds of scoring a new heart — not how many years you’ll live to make use of it. “The ethical issues are not that he had a transplant, but who didn’t?” Dr. Eric Topol, a cardiologist at Scripps Health in La Jolla, Calif., wrote on Twitter. Cheney received the transplant Saturday at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Va., the same place where he received an implanted heart pump that has kept him alive since July 2010. It appears he went on the transplant wait list around that time, 20 months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Kaiser Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 I thought that it was strange for him to receive a transplant. I did not realize that age is not an issue. Interesting ethical dilemma for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zabooomafooo Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 No because the average age of the establishment is 50+. Its not about ethics. Its about power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch3wbacca1991 Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Wow! I didn't know he had a heart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helljumper_Ty Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 isn't a person higher priority if they have a heart pump, regardless of who they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithril Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Cheney has a lot of money down in the States after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markov79 Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 i'm scared for where this discussion is gunna go, hahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronjw Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 In fairness to the process, it is my understanding that he did wait longer than usual for his heart implant 2 years i think it was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozenarbitor Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 http://www.borowitzreport.com/2012/03/25/cheney-receives-heart-transplant-bush-still-on-waiting-list-for-brain/ "Mr. Bush is still waiting for a brain transplant" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviathan Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Also he possibly didn't have a pulse while on the LVAD. He may secretly be a human-eating lizard from space along with Donald Rumsfeld. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch3wbacca1991 Posted March 27, 2012 Report Share Posted March 27, 2012 Cheney has a lot of money down in the States after all. He must have made 100 million plus thru halliburton via the illegal war he created... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Hood Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Wow! I didn't know he had a heart! +1 ........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mithril Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Just the name "**** Cheney" sounds like some hardcore BDSM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted March 29, 2012 Report Share Posted March 29, 2012 Age isn't a direct factor in the process - only overall health and ability to accept the transplant which of course might be affected by age. He waited with a very sick heart for over 2 years and went through the normal process for getting one. He had a clear medical need for the heart and met all the other criteria for it. Humour aside (and there are sooo many jokes one could make ), he was a otherwise healthy man capable of supporting the transplant who was on the wait list for the expected amount of time. If it wasn't him receiving this and I just told you the details otherwise most people wouldn't even blink at the situation. If he could just through money around he would've gotten it somehow sooner and wouldn't have even gotten the device installed - which was in this case a stall tactic until the heart was available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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