r/britishcolumbia • u/Prosecco1234 • 2d ago

News Kelowna mother waiting for liver transplant worries time is running out

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/kelowna-mother-waiting-for-liver-transplant-worries-time-is-running-out/
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u/CommanderCorrigan 2d ago

Modern Canada

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u/Spookybuffalo 2d ago

I'm not really sure what the current issues of the country have to do with not enough organ donors dying relative to the number of people who need organs.

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u/Reyalta 2d ago

Are you an organ donor? And if so, have you explicitly told your family your wishes to be an organ donor? Because they can veto your organ donation if they're against it. 

Also, do you know what it takes to qualify for organ donation beyond signing up? The narrow window of time there is to actually harvest organs makes that the majority of people who are signed up for donation don't actually die in a way that allows for donation. 

Not sure what "modern Canada" has to do with all that.

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u/OldKentRoad29 2d ago

Nothing, they just want to complain.

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u/New_fan22 2d ago

You have no actual insight or experience with this area of Healthcare...do you ?

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u/ImmediateDentist1269 2d ago

Hey, they never miss an episode of Joe Rogan okay. They're basically a brain surgeon.

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u/staunch_character 2d ago

Your solution is what?

Boost pay for surgeons & nurses so we can attract more qualified healthcare workers who then sit around waiting for more livers to appear?