Sunday, February 21, 2021

NHS saves children’s lives with world-first ‘dead’ heart transplants

 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nhs-saves-childrens-lives-with-world-first-dead-heart-transplants-b0httn8lb

 Using a pioneering machine, NHS medics have been able to reanimate hearts from donors whose hearts had stopped. The technique has saved the lives of six British children aged from 12 to 16, and the transplants have all taken place during the pandemic.

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2 comments:

  1. Garnel IronheartFebruary 22, 2021 at 5:39 PM

    So obviously this has huge implications for the halachic approach to declaring death. Question is: once this procedure becomes mainstream and common, will the "brainstem death" side of the debate now have to surrender to the "cardiac arrest" side?

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  2. Kalonymus HaQatanFebruary 22, 2021 at 9:07 PM

    Then there will be less organs that are available.

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