Facility transplanted wrong kidney

by KimW
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Wrong Kidney Transplanted into Patient at USC - CBS News
  • Profile picture of the author firminite123
    Very bad news and very carelessness of the people. I think so nowadays it was not happening as like the past.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Don't you LOVE it!

    The Los Angeles Times reports Thursday that hospital officials said the patient was not harmed because the kidney was a close enough match.
    *********WRONG*********! If it were 100% IDENTICAL, there is the possibility of infection, minor variances that ARE caused by the transplant, scars, and time out of the body. That means HARM!

    If it were different by even .00000001%, it is STILL important to the person, and may be rejected, so they require anti rejection drugs and THAT means HARM!

    HECK, I once had the brake rotors on my car replaced, and nearly DIED because they didn't screw them in right. It is a GOOD thing I decelerate gradually. If I tried to stop, the car would have FULLY spun around, and I would have been hit by THREE cars, going about 70mph on the FREEWAY! Was THAT harmless? HECK NO!

    At one airport I go to there is an ad where they show person writing messages onto a patients leg. Almost a cut by numbers type deal. The kidney should have been matched to the info that patients have been required to have on their wrist for DECADES! HECK, they ask me like 4 questions just to cross reference to make sure they take blood for the right tests!

    Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author Andie
    Wow..
    Firm is right....I think folks are becoming so robotic, nobody seems to *really* pay attention anymore. Such a shame for the ones who suffer from it

    Andie
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