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who will take a donated whole body with hep C
I am looking for someone who will take a whole body donation that has Hep - C, so far I am being told No everywhere I am turning.
My dad is in his upper 80s, never drank, smoked or had any bad habits. They said they would gladly take his organs even at his age as he does not have vascular disease, diabetes or anything. I have talked to another hospital and they said yes they would as I have another genetic disorder and they drain the blood anyway.
Oh, I am so sorry. I went back to the Stanford page and read farther down to where it states --
"we are not able to accept bodies from those who have certain infectious diseases (e.g. hepatitis, tuberculosis, MRSA, VRE, Staph) or those who are HIV positive."
This surprises me.
I would think most reaching hospitals would have similar polices as Standford.
"we are not able to accept bodies from those who have certain infectious diseases (e.g. hepatitis, tuberculosis, MRSA, VRE, Staph) or those who are HIV positive."
This surprises me.
I would think most reaching hospitals would have similar polices as Standford.
Are you thinking about for the future? If so, you should have no problem.
Here is one example: http://med.stanford.edu/anatomy/donate/
They just stipulate that you call them within 24 hours after the person has deceased.
If the person has already passed away and it has been more than 24 hours, I don't know.
Here is one example: http://med.stanford.edu/anatomy/donate/
They just stipulate that you call them within 24 hours after the person has deceased.
If the person has already passed away and it has been more than 24 hours, I don't know.
Licelife777 is right. The liver I received had Syphilis but they still gave it to me. Livers donated with Hep C are a future candidate for treatment as long as not too much time goes by. I should know, that's the position I'm in right now, but Harvoni any day now...
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Hi there. Interesting question and one that I've also wondered about.
You can donate your liver to someone waiting for a liver transplant even if you are Hep C positive. There are not enough livers available for everyone
in need of a transplant and they would gladly take one with Hep C and then seek treatment.
You can also donate your body to science to learn the disease process. I do
know an individual with HIV whom is leaving his body in hopes that future generations will learn more about the disease.
We now are able to treat and cure Hep C, but will forever carry the antibodies in our blood but not be contagious. Would hopefully think that our remains would then have some value.
.....Kim
You can donate your liver to someone waiting for a liver transplant even if you are Hep C positive. There are not enough livers available for everyone
in need of a transplant and they would gladly take one with Hep C and then seek treatment.
You can also donate your body to science to learn the disease process. I do
know an individual with HIV whom is leaving his body in hopes that future generations will learn more about the disease.
We now are able to treat and cure Hep C, but will forever carry the antibodies in our blood but not be contagious. Would hopefully think that our remains would then have some value.
.....Kim
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