US DOCTOR CHARGED OVER TRANSPLANT DEATH


	US DOCTOR CHARGED OVER TRANSPLANT DEATH

liotropi

8-3-2007 3:15 PM

563 views

tags:

health, human rights

liotropi says:

major problem with "harvesting" - unfortunately, many people believe that a physically & mentally disabled human being is more valuable dead than alive (as in this case)

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from August 3, 2007

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f397b9a1-4f02-4be5-8745-046d6937e2cb/A4789A27-3883-4BBE-9C2A-8FC910E83B56/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.australasianbioethics.org/Newsletters/currentbioedge.html" href="http://www.australasianbioethics.org/Newsletters/currentbioedge.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.australasianbioethics.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.australasianbioethics.org/Newsletters/currentbioedge.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.australasianbioethics.org/img/4D6D72D6-0599-4C87-A118-7C45FE71BD12" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.australasianbioethics.org/Newsletters/currentbioedge.html">
For the first time, criminal charges have been made against an American transplant surgeon. San Francisco doctor Hootan Roozrokh, 33, is alleged to have hastened the death of a 25-year-old disabled man last year to harvest his organs sooner. If convicted, he could face up to eight years in prison. He maintains that he has committed no crime.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.australasianbioethics.org/Newsletters/currentbioedge.html">The outcome of the case will depend on how the facts are construed. Ruben Navarro was a physically and mentally disabled man who was put on life support on January 29, 2006. On February 3, he was removed. Dr Roozrokh then gave him a total of 200 milligrams of morphine and 80 milligrams of the sedative Ativan. This is apparently many time the normal doses for these drugs. But Navarro still did not die. After 30 minutes, he was returned to intensive care, where he passed away the next morning.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A4789A27-3883-4BBE-9C2A-8FC910E83B56/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips