06 July 2008
I read with interest over the organ transplant debate in the newspaper recently. The debate started since the news & newspaper publicize the case of organ trading between the CK Tang chief and an indonesian - Sulaiman. I pity both the donor and Mr CK Tang. Mr CK Tang was alrady on the verge of receiving the organ and getting a new lease of life but it was all in vain at the last minute. I can imagine his hope being tarnished and worst still, a simple hope of life and survivor was termed illegal w/o even having the transplant done. If he had the transplant at least all the troubles would have been well worth. The donor - a simple minded indonesian was jailed and fined for this case. Is it his fault? A desire for money and a better way of life? What is illegal in this case is definitely a controversial topic. I guess any topic that concerns humananity are controversial.
Being a kidney failure patient myself, i could identify with Mr CK Tang and his hope for survival. Given his age, waiting for an organ is impossible for him and dialysis is the only option for him untill he pass off. I have seen elderly patients in my dialysis centre and seen their pain and agony. Some are crippled due to other health conditions. I am thankful that i am still young and able to endure the difficulties. I also wonder how long i can last to be fit with dialysis. Stories i have heard scarded me but there is nothing i could do. Being on dialysis is like putting yourself on a machine and theres nothing you can do besides allowing the machine to manage you. Mr CK Tang has all the money in the world to purchase the organ but this also highlight the fact that money cannot buy health. Giving up a kidney for a normal person will not do a donor any harm but who will do it if it was not for someone close or for some forms of returns? As long as the donor is willing, what is wrong or illegal? Pierre Pang donated part of his liver to Andrea, that was noble of him. If it weren't for him, Andrea would not have lived till today. I hope MOH would review the policy in the near future and sees things from the patients' point of view instead...
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Yes. I read about the articles as well. I agreed fully with yun's thoughts. However, let's look at the brighter side. Everything happens for a reason. Now that with Mr CK Tang and the lawyers involve in this court case, we hope this will help to force the authority to look into some effective measures/means to help the people.
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