This is horrible...

[xXx_OTEP_xXx]

but what if your child died because they couldnt get the transplant they needed in time... because an illegal immigrant was moved to the top of the list..

[curtklze]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by The_Great_Tonge:
the way some of you are talking makes you sound communist. only people in our country get treatment and all others can suckon a egg.....<hr></blockquote><p>Actually you've got it reversed. In the U.S. only people with insurance or lots of money can get treatment(unless the hospital donates the time and the doctors for free), in comunist countrys every one is treated the same and they all get the same level of treatment.<p>If I went to a hospital in the U.S. and asked for a free heart transplant they WOULD tell me to suck an egg. <p>I think the point some were trying to make is, If the girls family had insurance or had paid cash for the operation(not the organs) and she died for some stupid mistake, then sure, sue their *** .<p>But it was a case of you get what you pay for, they didnt pay for anything, they dont even pay taxes, so when the mistake happend they cant really sue, if the doctors had not done the operation would she survive? no she would still have died.<p>
my question again, why is it so sad, you are the one who is cold, you dont even care about the rest of the world, you only care about what ever the local news tells you to care about.<p>I feel sad for you.

[azmtbkr81]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>If I went to a hospital in the U.S. and asked for a free heart transplant they WOULD tell me to suck an egg. <p> <hr></blockquote><p>Actually, if you were young and have a good chance of surviving a benefactor or organization would probably pay for your operation like they did in Jessica's case.<p>Jessica's death is a clearly a result of negligence. The doctor failed to perform the proper check procedures to make sure that the organs were the right ones. If I were Jessica's benefactor I would be outraged that such a ridiculous mistake was made and I would demand compensation for her family. It would have been different if the operation had went successfully and Jessica died because of the stress or trauma but she died because they put the wrong organs in her body.<p>Sure, tragedies happen every day but does that mean that we shouldn't mourn the loss of a young girl that died because of a careless oversight that should never have happened? If so thats a pretty callous way to go through life. Hopefully by putting this case in the spotlight it will force doctors to be more careful in these transplant operations and prevent a horrible mistake like this from ever happening again.<p>What does piss me off is that Jessica's family wasn't willing to donate her organs to save someone else. <p>

[curtklze]

so lets sue the hospital, so that way the cost of medical insurance will go up and even more people wont be able to afford it, causing thousands of other children to die because their parents cant afford insurance any more.<p>but at least jessicas family will have lots of money.<p>but hey its your country, do what you want. like they say no good deed shall go un-punished.<p>
If that happend here, the guy that messed up would be fired and the hospital would apologise and set up a bank account for the family, then the news would ask for donations for the family, that way the family would be compensated a reasonable ammout. <p>why sue them? it wont stop mistakes from being made, to think that is just stupid, people will always make mistakes, that is part of being human.

[polak_gino]

i completly agree with curt on this

[The_Great_Tonge]

i really dont understand why...someone was killed due to the ignorance of the people in charge and because she was illegal she doesnt deserve the same rights that anyone else would get? andno you shouldnt feel sad for me because when i was younger i had someone close to me die due to negligance due to the hospital so i know what it feels like to be able to do nothing.

[Bundy]

I'm in the us, half legally and half illagal, as a student at one university just because I dropped a couple of classes and did not maintain the status of full-time student. Damn, I still go to school. It's not that fun to be a stranger in the us sometimes even though America, as a wealthy country, can give us so many opportunities. Foreigners may not be paying as much tax as the typical citizens probably because they usually don't own much like the land or house. I pay some for tax and even pay a little more at the tax return. We usually pay more, like 3 times more for tution at school.<p>I'm fortunate that I'm from japan and my country is as good as us or canada. But the countries around japan, like korea or thai, it's totally a diffenrent story. They can live in their countries forever, but they will have the better life if they come to the us.

About the lawsuit, I'm not really sure if the way to solve problem, millions of dollars to them, may not be right. As you guys suggested, donations to other people who can't afford, would be nice. I know there are tons of people struggling every day, and they might be the ones in need of help. It's interesting and good to know that some mx3 junky, inlcuding me, care such poor little girl and care about her. I wish her family can get over this unfortunate mistake.<p>bungo

[azmtbkr81]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr> so lets sue the hospital, so that way the cost of medical insurance will go up and even more people wont be able to afford it, causing thousands of other children to die because their parents cant afford insurance any more. <hr></blockquote><p>Medical insurance is expensive not because of lawsuits but because doctors charge so d*mn much for their services. Lawsuits are covered by malpractice insurance and malpractice insurance is a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of dollars that doctors make each year. <p> <blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>but hey its your country, do what you want. like they say no good deed shall go un-punished.<p> <hr></blockquote>
In the US its not the thought that counts, its the action and I can't think of a clearer case of medical malpractice. It would be different if this doctor was working for free, but he is getting paid the big bucks and is expected to perform his services perfecty. It would be like if you took your MX-3 in for an oil change and they ended up destroying your engine, would you just walk away and say "its cool, they didn't mean to" Hell no! You would be pissed and demand that they pay for a new engine, after all they are professionals and should know what they are doing. <p>Unfortuantely the hospital can't give these people a new daughter but they can make an attempt at compensation by paying resonable compensation for the forfeit of Jessica's life. What amounts to reasonable compensation is ultimetly up to the jury if it even goes that far, 90% of civil lawsuits are settled out of court. To assume that the family is going to receive millions upon millions of dollars is not fair. Hunderds of cases are settled every day for more reasonable amounts, its only the ridiculous ones with high cash awards that receive any media attention which leads people to beleive that all civil cases end up with people recieving outrageous amounts of cash for stupid sh*t like spilling McDonald's coffee on their lap. <p> <blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>why sue them? it wont stop mistakes from being made, to think that is just stupid, people will always make mistakes, that is part of being human.<p> <hr></blockquote><p>You are right, mistakes will always be made. If hospitals and doctors never have to answer for the mistakes they make what incentive do they have to improve? The hospital and doctor should be punished for this mistake, maybe it will force them to implement more stringent control methods for checking the blood types of organs so that people won't die from this in the future.