Organ Transplants

22 people die each day waiting for transplants that can’t take place. A patient in urgent need of an organ can easily be saved but the transplant does not take place because of a wait list. Patients who urgently need an organ transplant who meet the criteria should get the organ(s) first. The reasons behind this is, if a patient is on their death-bed and in need of an organ not getting this organ can lead to potential death. Another reason is the chance of survival that the patient has urgent or nonurgent the organ should be able to continue to live. Lastly if we base organ transplants off of someone's ethnic background or fame the choosing of who gets the organ first would be unfair.
Patients that are in critical condition will potentially
die without an organ transplant. In a article it stated,” more than 123,000 people are waiting for much-needed organs.” Which means that, there are many people out there waiting for organs that they need in order to live. Most of these people will be waiting on the list for months to years. Also in another article is stated, “but about a dozen of them die each day because of a lack of organs.” meaning that people are dying because they aren’t getting the organs that they need to survive. So people that are in critical condition should get the organ(s) they need or their chances of living will decrease.
Patients that have the best chances of surviving the organ transplant is considered before the procedure.
Stated in an article,”The candidates who will appear highest in the ranking are those who are in most urgent need of the transplant and/or those most likely to have the best chance of survival if transplanted”. In other words, comparing the candidates for an organ, the candidates will either be high-ranked and/or have the best chances of surviving after the transplant. So if a candidate is high ranked and gets an organ but dies later after the procedures. Then the patient with the best chance of survival should’ve gotten the organ rather than the patient that died with the organ.
Patient’s outside factors shouldn’t affect their ranking on the waiting list. In an article is stated,” Factors such as a patient’s income, celebrity status, and race or ethnic background play no role in determining allocation of organs.” This states that people’s everyday life outside the hospital shouldn’t affect whether they get and organ first. If the patients’ outside determining the allocation of organs then it wouldn’t be fair to those on the list that don't have money, or reputation, or a certain race/ ethnic
background.
Some may argue that patients on the waiting list, for the longest period of time should get the organ first because patients on the waiting lists wait months to years for a transplant but lose the organ to someone of urgent need.
However not all people on the waiting list lose organs to people of urgent need. Justice and medical utility place a role on who gets an organ and who doesn’t. It can be difficult for a patient to find a match because both patients have to be of the same height, weight, blood type, and other medical factors. So just because a patient needs an organ urgently doesn’t mean that they are the reason stopping other patients.
It’s true that we can’t save everyone of medical needs but that doesn’t mean we can't save some. If we could help someone on their deathbed right then and there why wouldn’t we try. Many people wait for an organ to be theirs but what about all the wasted organs that stopped functioning. Imagine a celebrity you hate getting an organ before your loved one, just because of their fame. Before you argue that people of urgent need don't deserve an organ first, think about the person you love needing an organ urgently but losing their life to doctors who didn’t even
try.