- This topic has 1 reply, 4 voices, and was last updated 17 years, 2 months ago by
.
-
Posts
-
we all heard how well patients are treated in ,c.r. and that many people go there for medical reasons..
I have a friend in deleware thats been waiting 7 years for a kidney transplant..IF he went to C.R. would he have waited just as long?I don’t know the answer to this question but will try to find out for you.
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comI’d be very interested to learn about the source of kidneys and other organs for transplant. In a population of four million, there cannot be very many kidney donors whose organs are compatible with the person in Delaware who has been waiting seven years.
Is the sale of organs legal here?
Does Costa Rica participate in any sort of international network of organ harvesting and distribution as exists in the U.S.?
Do Costa Rican citizens get preferential treatment over non-citizens?
Exactly what I was thinking David and have placed to call my dear fried Doctor Eduardo whom I met with on Thursday (long story…)
Scott
I understand the sale of organs was written into CAFTA by the U.S., just in case they start importing and exporting organs.
SCOTT
YOU’RE THE BEST…t.y for trying..my wife and i are coming to c.r. for 3 months in january with intentions of relocating there…if C.R. has spinial decompression there then we will wait till we get there to do it.. do you know if they have the machines and the new therapy there yet?SCARA
Dr. Loyola emailed me saying that:
“About the kidney transplant there are 3 things that can delay the transplant
1. unable to cover the costs attached to the procedure.
2. unable to find a donor with the correct hystocompatibility, this is the most difficult one and in the absence of one of his relatives-donor it may be nearly impossible to have a match in the general population specially in Costa Rica where the record keeping for that is somewhat deficient.
3. the condition of the patient is too unstable to be exposed to the stress of the surgery.If your friend has a donor the surgery can be done here within 2 weeks, the patient and the donor would have to come down and be tested, blood and other things would have to be reserved and we have an urologist who has done hundreds with excellent results.
The stay is somewhat lengthy (30 – 60 days) as they need to recover and see if the patient’s body accepts the new kidney. medication is to be taken for life to prevent rejection.”
But if I am not mistaken, your friend does not have a donor so I have asked Dr. Loyola to expand on that…
Scott Oliver – Founder
WeLoveCostaRica.comyes, he hasn’t a donar although he IS a canidate for the procedeure and has or could get the money..
much like myself, he too is sick of the lack of caring and greed OF the american medical system and i have been preaching that C.R. is NOT like that..it ‘s clear now that you too are a real human being and when we get there in january i look forward to meeting you in person.. thanks for ALL your efforts..FRANK…A.K.A SCARA
Frank, there was a news story (probably on CNN) in the past couple of weeks about kidney transplantation. The approach being used by some transplant seekers is to find a living donor who gives up a kidney voluntarily to some other recipient. In return that recipient must get someone else to donate a kidney to a third recipient who must also recruit a donor. The original patient in need gets a kidney when one that is an acceptable match ultimately becomes available.
So Patient A gets Donor 1 to give up a kidney which is transplanted to Patient B. Patient B gets Donor 2 to give up a kidney to Patient C who gets Donor 3 to give up a kidney to Patient D, and so forth. This increases the number of available kidneys and, ultimately, the intent is that one compatible with Patient A becomes available.
Intriguing . . .
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
