Lad denied liver transplant

This article caused a great deal of discord and dissension with my family around the dinner table last night…i seem to be the only person with any compassion for this unfortunate young lad

He diced with something that could become addictive and paid the ultimate price. The reason he got little sympathy is because he made the choice to drink alot, just in the same way a drug user chooses to use drugs. When they then suffer the worst outcome they only have themselves to blame. Sadly though the only real people to suffer is their families who have to deal with their passing.

I simply cannot believe the lack of empathy for this young lad…certainly he only has himself to blame for the unfortunate situation he was in…however he’s only a lad of 22 for goodness sake… he hasn’t even experienced life yet…i believe everyone deserves a second chance …and i think this life threatening experience would have jolted him back to reality…maybe if his name had been George Best it wouldn’t have been a problem

As for the parents stopping him drinking,how exactly can you do that all the time?

They can’t when he’s an adult. When he was 13/14/15/16 years old, however…

Paul

This lad liked his ale.Imagine needing a new liver at his age.The transplant rules say that you’ve gotta’ be free of booze for 6 months before your name goes on the list,which he couldn’t do.No sympathy from me.No pain,no gain!

His mother made the point that it was impossible for him to fulfil the 6 months free of alcohol rule because he was too ill to leave hospital.As for the parents stopping him drinking,how exactly can you do that all the time?I’m just giad my daughter only drinks moderately now after the infamous passing-out on the pavement and waking up in A&E incident .

Its his own fault for being a Alcoholic.
I want to know were he got the money for the drink from?
Was it :-
(A) being a tea leaf
(B) his parents
(C) the long suffering British tax payer (who also had to foot the bill for the hospital fees).

The NHS Blood and Transplant service said in a statement Reinbach’s case highlighted the dilemma faced by doctors because of a shortage of donated organs.

“They have to make tough decisions about who is going to get the benefit and who is going to take best care of this precious gift,” the NHS said.

Says it all really.

Moggy

This lad liked his ale.Imagine needing a new liver at his age.The transplant rules say that you’ve gotta’ be free of booze for 6 months before your name goes on the list,which he couldn’t do.No sympathy from me.No pain,no gain!

As sad a case as this is, in a way I have to agree but then again, when he was binge drinking at 13 years old what the hell were his parents doing? I don’t for a second believe they couldn’t stop their 13 year old son from drinking; that’s just nonsense. In his later years he had a choice whether to continue drinking so heavily or not, but someone should have stopped it when he was younger. Sadly that clearly didn’t happen. 😡

Paul

This lad liked his ale.Imagine needing a new liver at his age.The transplant rules say that you’ve gotta’ be free of booze for 6 months before your name goes on the list,which he couldn’t do.No sympathy from me.No pain,no gain!