Take My Kidney, Please

Take my kidney, Please

• Currently a case of the father donating his only kidney to the daughter has came in spotlight.
• The patient Renada Daniel Patterson was born with a unhealthy kidney and was not well.
• Her father decided to donate one of his kidneys to his daughter. He donated his kidney while he was in prison.
• But unfortunately Renada’s body started rejecting the transplanted kidney.
• So her father decided to give his second kidney to his daughter.
• This can lead to serious illness to Mr. Patterson. He needs to be on dialysis for rest of his life and which is a poor substitute for his kidney and can faces many health risks.
• This case got more complicated when the expense of the dialysis had to be carried out by the sate as Mr. Patterson was in prison.
• There were many questions raised on this case.
• How it is fair to keep the life into risk for others, when it is sure that after donating an organ he /she will be not as healthy as he/she is right now?
• There were questions about the limit of altruism.
• There were questions about the role of medicine in establishing those limits.
• There was a question on the offer of Mr. Patterson of donating his only kidney to his daughter.
• Renada’s father including her family argued that its their decision of whether he can donate his kidney or not.
• Well the medical professionals should reject this type of offers.