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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (70875)	10/22/2003 12:58:12 PM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) of 70976

Just remembered another example of tradition/belief systems killing people: I had a close friend in high school. She never smoked a single cigarette in her short life but was diagnosed with lung cancer in university. She needed a transplant of heart AND lungs at the same time. The trick was that the donor had to be alive as this operation was performed. And her blood type was pretty rare. Finally, a young & famous guy had a motorcycle accident. He was technically alive, but brain dead. He had her blood type. He was the ideal candidate for her. We tracked down his family, waited outside the hospital to talk to them. Finally we talked to his wife's brother. They refused. Because, they said, in the Jewish religion, your body should be buried intact. No parts should be missing from it. He died a few days later. My friend died a month after him. Ironically, she was Jewish, too. I stayed with her in her final months. It was not a pretty sight. Especially at night, as she tried to sleep sitting up, because breathing was next to impossible while lying down...

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