Teen's donated organs kill recipients

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Bob Juch · #1 Post by **Bob Juch** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:24 am

LONG ISLAND (WABC) -- It is one of the saddest most bizarre stories that has come along in awhile. A 15-year-boy apparently died of meningitis and his organs were donated. But then, the parents of Alex Koehne discovered that he did not die of meningitis, but of a rare form of brain cancer.

Now, two of the organ recipients have died and two others have cancer.

Full story: http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?secti ... id=6052886

Ok, so why was it OK to donate organs from someone who they thought had bacterial meningitis?

NellyLunatic1980 · #2 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:01 pm

I smell lawsuits...

Bob Juch · #3 Post by **Bob Juch** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:25 pm

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:I smell lawsuits...

Oh yeah, big time! I still find it strange that organs from someone who had a bacterial brain infection are OK.

peacock2121 · #4 Post by **peacock2121** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:58 pm

There was a Law and Order show like this.

But... I think they got the body parts from not a legal way.

This is just so sad. You think you are getting a new lease on life and then........ slam..... no you are not.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #5 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:59 pm

Bob Juch wrote:
NellyLunatic1980 wrote:I smell lawsuits...
Oh yeah, big time! I still find it strange that organs from someone who had a bacterial brain infection are OK.

I do too, but I am not a doctor.