Hacker News with Generative AI: Organ Donation

Recovering from a kidney donation (sjer.red)
I donated my kidney to a stranger on October 30th. I’m writing this to share my experience and hopefully to encourage others to donate, too. It’s not very exciting which is the point — donating a kidney is something that any (healthy) person can do without major risk or long-term consequence.

Health, Organ Donation, Personal Experience

86 points by shepherdjerred 10 days ago | 110 comments

Kentucky man declared brain dead wakes up during organ harvesting (theguardian.com)
A man who had gone into cardiac arrest and been declared brain dead woke up as surgeons in his home state of Kentucky were in the middle of harvesting his organs for donation, his family has told media outlets.

Medical, Health, Kentucky, Organ Donation

10 points by prmph 33 days ago | 1 comments

Kentucky man declared brain dead wakes up during organ harvesting (theguardian.com)
A man who had gone into cardiac arrest and been declared brain dead woke up as surgeons in his home state of Kentucky were in the middle of harvesting his organs for donation, his family has told media outlets.

Medical Miracles, Health, Organ Donation, Kentucky

9 points by YeGoblynQueenne 33 days ago | 1 comments

Mistake to take organs from a living person was averted, witnesses say (npr.org)
Natasha Miller says she was getting ready to do her job preserving donated organs for transplantation when the nurses wheeled the donor into the operating room.

Medical Ethics, Organ Donation, Transplantation

93 points by BostonFern 34 days ago | 71 comments

Last hours of an organ donor (aeon.co)

Organ Donation, Health, Death, Ethics

189 points by Hooke 180 days ago | 135 comments

Alabama prisoners' organs vanish, and there's a whole lot of passing the buck (al.com)