I'm going to try and keep this short, but I'm so freaking ticked I don't know how that's going to go. My sister in law is on the transplant list for a kidney. She only has one and she's in dialysis 15 hours a week because it's failing. Anyway, they called her yesterday and told her they had a kidney for her. She got over to the hospital and prepped for surgery when they told her that the woman on the list ahead of her decided to have the transplant surgery (she had already called and told them that she didn't want it). So my sis proceeded to get ready to come home. Then they called her back and got her prepped for surgery AGAIN because the other lady decided AGAIN not to have the surgery. Then, you guessed it, she calls back and wants the surgery, but by this time the kidney had gone bad and no one could have it. Now I am SO FREAKING TICKED, I want to sue the hospital and the stupid BIT** who killed my sisters chance at a kidney. Is there any legal base for a claim like this?
2007-01-27 07:26:16 · 1 answers · asked by jpiglet86 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
No. The kidney is a gift, not a commodity, and the protocols for who gets one are not a matter of malpractice, unless you can show some negligence. A patient who is eligible for a kidney and changes her mind owes no duty to your sister-in-law.
You may want to make a stink if only to make sure a potential transplant recipient doesn't get to change his/her mind once another recipient has been designated to receive the organ.
2007-01-27 07:45:45 · answer #1 · answered by thylawyer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋