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- aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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- aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
TJ Hoover was declared brain dead after suffering an overdose in October 2021, but his sister Donna Rhorer says doctors attempted to harvest his organs while he was still showing signs of life.
Rhorer says TJ’s eyes were open and tracking movement during his honor walk, when family members gather to say goodbye before organ donation surgery.
“Almost immediately as soon as his honor walk started, his eyes were opened, and they were tracking, looking around at the people that were there,” Rhorer said.
The sad thing is we desperately need people to stay organ donors if organ transplants that save lives are to stay a thing and these ethical catastrophes that should lead to mass arrests instead end with people leaving the registry and seemingly 0 consequences for the ghouls that caused the issue…
It’s not unlikely this will cause shortages for people in need that was completely preventable due to greed and capitalism.
Spot on. I’ve had my donor registration sitting on my desk for the last few years, and I’ve been deliberating on it because I don’t trust capitalism not to create perverse incentives and do fucked up shit just like this.
That, and I don’t want my remains to just be a tool to help fund some CEO’s yacht.
Reading this, I feel even more justified in my concern, and it definitely could affect my ultimate decision.
If you’ve had it for years sitting there you where never going to sign it.
Not only that but the reduction in organ supply will be a windfall for shareholders! I see this as an absolute win! USA, USA!