heart transplant
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Imported quote 23757 Dr. Sharma: Well, the heart transplants actually have been given up everywhere except one place, that's in Stanford Medical Center. And they are doing it because they are the one who initially started it, so they are emotionally stable about it. But actually I have gone and seen there, and they do it... The people are, you know, the recipient patient is very unhappy after the heart transplant. He's very restless, and he has nightmares and he is extremely unhappy.
(More...) Gopala Krsna: Has Dr. Barnard of South Africa stopped it now?
(More...) Dr. Sharma: Well, he has stopped after doing nine, but Stanford people, they have done about almost over a hundred, and they can keep somebody alive another six months or a year or at the most two years. But the man, the man's existence is very miserable. He has to take so many drugs, and he is bloated like a balloon, and he cannot even do the simple duties like taking walk or going to bathroom. He has to be very careful. If he just slips, it will develop the fracture of his ventricle, and that's all. It is very, very unnatural, and I don't think they can solve this problem at all. It is just man's struggle life.[?] And I know they are saying they will do only in people with proper insurance, because the hospital bill is $70,000 for a heart transplant.
(More...) Dr. Sharma: This is a perfect example of what Prabhupada is saying, because this is not justified on any account-moral, ethical, medical...
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