1. Beat up by the media
    Dalma Smithy Dalma Smithy Australia says:
    April 1, 2010 at 6:56 PM

    Whilst I mourn for the poor girl and her beloved family - her two
    boys, which she left behind. The whole saga has been a beat up by the media; orchestrated by the Perth Medical Board which went to great length to donate $258,000 of taxpayer's money for her donor survival. Puzzling, is the fact, she flew to Singapore, with a retinue of Family and hanger-on's, for the 8 hr operation ? Why, not St Vincent's in Sydney, or Prince Charles in Brisbane ? They have the World's best surgeons and ICQ after care ? Her survival chances would have been greatly enhanced with a superior medical team, not to mention the cost which would have been 1/5. Moreover, Kudos for an Ozzie Medical team, and importantly, a very much alive patient. The whole fiasco, could have been avoided, if it was Medically handled instead of Politicized, by a bunch of self-serving Bureaucrats, more intent on furthering their careers, than with an end view of a sorry, self addicted,young mother who fought for her Life, gambled, and lost. May she rest in eternal Peace. Hope this serves as a reminder, to those who gamble with designer drugs, or resort to a dangerous Life style, which inevitably spirals out of control ?

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    • Chances of survival
      aimee aimee Australia says:
      April 2, 2010 at 5:09 AM

      Doctors in Australia and also in New Zealand determined that the chances of survival after a second transplant were very poor because of her lifestyle choices during her life so far. The Singapore doctors no doubt did it because they wanted the income and disregarded that the survival chances were so poor. Claire should not have been given a second transplant at all because the doctors knew the chances of her surviving at all was extremely low and that is why she was denied a place on the donor organ waiting list in Australia

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