Today’s Big Question: Transplants for seniors

These are the big questions where you can have your say. This is an open space for discussion about some very confronting debates in out society. How do you feel? What do you think? These are the real Q&A for the Australian seniors today.

If you needed a transplant of some kind, over sixty, would you have it, knowing that your age could be a risk factor?

FOR: Yes, I could have 20 more years and my family still needs me, and the rest of my health is good. It’s all about quality of life and I still have things to do and contributions to make.

AGAINST: No, I have had a good life and if I have a transplant I might still die of something else within a few short years, or even post op. My transplant might mean that someone younger, with all their life ahead, would not get the organ they need. We can’t be selfish.

What do you think? Have your say.

photo:  North Dakota National Guard