Got $$$, medical ethics can fark off

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1) Aussie druggie single mum screws up her liver need transplant
2) Aussie gov give her new liver, she happy like fuck
3) So happy she celebrate her new lease in life by going back to be a druggie
4) Screw her liver up second time, Oz at first say no, then she try NZ
5) NZ tell her to fark off, taxpayer dun want to pay for u
6) Oz gov give her $250000 interest free loan to go SG for transplant
7) SG WITH OPEN ARMS WELCOME MEDICAL TOURST WITH $$$$$

I wonder, which poor soul in SG would be sacrificed under HOTA to save a rich druggie????
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State will lend Claire $250,000 for Singapore transplant

DANIEL EMERSON, The West Australian March 3, 2010, 12:15 pm

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Claire Murray flanked by her father Michael, son Taj and mother Val.


Related: Julie Hosking: Claire deserves compassion | How The West broke the story | Cathy O'Leary: If only there were more donors | No one should miss out on a transplant | Why didn't my dad get a chance?


The State Government has agreed to fund a potentially life-saving liver operation in Singapore for Claire Murray in the form of a $258,000 interest free loan.
Health Minister Kim Hames said family members of Ms Murray had agreed to act as guarantors and the necessary paperwork was being prepared for a swift transfer of money.
“We are trying to do that as soon as possible because Claire’s health is not good,” Dr Hames said.
He said he understood the precedent the Government was setting but he was comfortable with the decision.
“I look at the young mum and the two kids and it’s a no-brainer,” he said.
“It’s quite clear that without that surgery she will die and die quickly,” he said.
“We are prepared to do what I think is the compassionate thing to do."
Opposition Leader Eric Ripper said he felt for the Murrays and supported the Government taking a compassionate approach.
"But I would like the Government to outline the full policy framework under which it’s operating because the Government’s taking us down a new path without actually saying what the rules for other people will be,” he said.
"I think the Health Minister is going to be the recipient of many more demands for this type of assistance."

 

[Beshitted]

Me thinks the ambulance will come for someone at Pelangi Village, and it'll be a night operation.

 

[Rogue Trader]

Dying drug addict refused second liver transplant

Claire Murray is a 24-year-old mother of two who has only months to live if she does not have a liver transplant, but she is being refused a place on the waiting list for a donor organ.
State will pay: Hames
Father will risk all for daughter
Her family knows her case will polarise views because she has abused heroin in the past.
She even took drugs after her first transplant last year to treat acute liver failure caused by 12 years of addiction to amphetamines and heroin.
That donor liver has now failed, and doctors at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital have told her parents, Michael Murray and Val Milne, they cannot consider her for a second transplant.
Ms Murray's family accepts she continued to abuse drugs after the surgery but argue that the success of the transplant may have been limited because of issues with the surgery and inadequate rehabilitation.
Nationals MP Vince Catania and Labor MP Martin Whitely are campaigning for the mother of Chloe, 5, and Taj, 4, to be given another chance.
Mr Murray said yesterday his daughter had been a happy and healthy A-grade student at a Perth private school before being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at age 12. She was prescribed dexamphetamines and began abusing the drugs, later moving on to speed.
"We feel one thing led to another, and ultimately her addiction, and that's when our problems began," he said.
Mr Murray said his daughter had been on the methadone program before her transplant and was deemed fit for the surgery but he did not believe she was properly followed up to ensure she did not continue to abuse drugs.
Ms Murray's mother had given up work to support her and she had been clean of drugs for eight weeks.
"She now has three to six months to live," he said. "We're very aware that if Claire goes back on the list it doesn't mean she's going to get one and it's not necessarily going to save her life. But everyone deserves another chance."
Ms Murray said she felt far more prepared and determined to make the most of any chance she was given.
A SCGH spokeswoman said the hospital operated a world-class liver transplantation unit that met Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand protocols for eligibility and had exceptionally high survival rates.
It denied that surgical care or post-operative treatment were lacking or contributed to Ms Murray's outcome.
Late yesterday, Health Minister Kim Hames said Ms Murray did not meet national guidelines for a transplant and it was not reasonable to provide an organ to her when there were seven West Australians waiting for their first transplant.
He said 19 liver transplants were carried out in WA last year, and three people died waiting for a new liver.
But he said the State Government was prepared to pay for his Mr Murray and his daughter to go to New Zealand for the case to be reviewed by a specialist experienced in "live" liver transplants, which used a piece of a liver from a living family member.

 

[zuoom]

Former drug addict gets state loan for transplant

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/03/2835522.htm

Former drug addict gets state loan for transplant

Updated March 3, 2010 21:52:00
The 24-year-old has been told she is not eligible for a second liver transplant.

Claire Murray has had a donor liver transplant but it failed when she resumed taking drugs (ABC News )

The West Australian Government has agreed to lend more than $250,000 to the family of a former drug addict so she can have life-saving liver surgery in Singapore.

Claire Murray had undergone a donor liver transplant but it failed when she resumed her drug habit last year.

Health Minister Kim Hames says the Government has agreed to loan the family $258,000, interest free, so a family member can donate part of their liver to Ms Murray.

It is yet to be decided which family member is compatible, but it is understood Ms Murray's father is not a suitable match.

Premier Colin Barnett says the loan is a one-off offer and the Government will not be making a habit of lending money for operations.

"The case of the young woman needing a liver transplant is being treated as a one-off situation on its own merits, so any situation would be looked at individually and we're not about creating precedents," he said.

But Opposition Leader Eric Ripper says he expects Dr Hames to receive many more requests for this type of help.

Mr Ripper says the Government must clarify how it will decide future requests for assistance.

"We don't want health ministers that lack compassion, and anyone who's seen Claire Murray's family interviewed on television would understand the pain that they're going through. It's important that the Health Minister be compassionate," he said.

"It's also important that he outline the real policy that will apply to everyone else."

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wonder how is she going to repay the loan?

 

[Rogue Trader]

Mr khaw boon wan see quarter million aussie dollar dangle in front of him, will smile until cannot see his eyes.