Give a heart, I want to live for another 5 minutes (The NHS and the disabled)

Name: Cassanova

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Product:	The NHS and the disabled
Date:	23/11/00 (16 review reads)
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As you probably know, there is always an extremely long waiting list for organ donation. Some people have to wait months or years for a new heart or whatever.
So surely if getting an organ donation is so hard, shouldn't there be a priority system of some sort?

I mean, if you have two people, both wanting a new heart, one who needs it to live and someone who has a considerably low life expectancy, who would you give the heart to?

How it works is that you sign your name and details onto a waiting list, and then wait till the hospital or whatever phones you.
But that means that people with a low life expectancy could get a perfectly good heart and then die and a person below them has to then wait for another heart - that could be FOREVER!
Personally if I had a low life expectancy, I wouldn't bother getting a new heart or whatever. I'd rather someone who has their whole life ahead of them to get it, and live a good life.
I think that people with low life expectancy should only be allowed organ donation if they pay a lot or there are enough to go around for everyone.

Now, maybe some people think that this isn't fair, but life isn't fair! So let's make a little fairer by giving people who deserve to live a better chance.

Thank you for your time.

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