Family distressed after organ bank tosses son's donated organs

[Loonman]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=383&e=1&u=/ibsys/20040206/lo_WCVB/1994369


A North Shore family is taking on two lifesaving institutions, claiming they have little respect for the dead.

NewsCenter 5's Pam Cross reported that Margaret and Richard Carey are angry, grieving and deeply disappointed. They donated corneas and other tissue for transplants when their son, Adam, died. Months later, they learned the donations were never used.

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In September 2000, Adam Carey was a 16-year-old caddie working for Kernwood Country Club in Salem. His golf cart overturned, crushing his chest. Unfortunately, the fluids and medications he received in the emergency room meant his tissue could not be used for transplantation -- something his parents were never told.

[Don_G]

1. I'm On The Family's Side

If the Doctor requested an organ donation when it was clear that the medications administered wouldn't be able to save other lives, then why bother and raise false hope in the family that his death and subsequent mutilation could save others.

As a fifty year-old with 30 years of experience in dealing with the public, the biggest and greediest pricks I've ever encountered were either Doctors or Lawyers.