Going by what’s in the article, which, admittedly, isn’t a lot, I think this is more a case of negligence. Anyone who dies in a prison is automatically autopsied. In order for a heart to be a viable transplant organ, the donor must be in a brain-dead state while still receiving life sustaining care. Even a few hours deceased is enough to make a heart non-viable (though apparently this is becoming less true!).
The much more likely answer, is either the autopsy surgeon or an autopsy tech threw the heart out in standard biohazard waste. Still disgusting, uncaring behavior, but until more evidence comes out, I’d say this isn’t malicious.
All that said, the Alabama Correctional Prison System is terribly corrupt, so it wouldn’t take a lot to change my mind.
Black Market organ harvesting.
What happens when we treat prisoners as a commodity.
Going by what’s in the article, which, admittedly, isn’t a lot, I think this is more a case of negligence. Anyone who dies in a prison is automatically autopsied. In order for a heart to be a viable transplant organ, the donor must be in a brain-dead state while still receiving life sustaining care. Even a few hours deceased is enough to make a heart non-viable (though apparently this is becoming less true!).
The much more likely answer, is either the autopsy surgeon or an autopsy tech threw the heart out in standard biohazard waste. Still disgusting, uncaring behavior, but until more evidence comes out, I’d say this isn’t malicious.
All that said, the Alabama Correctional Prison System is terribly corrupt, so it wouldn’t take a lot to change my mind.
What is this??? Logic on social media??? No, let’s assume the craziest worst case scenario first!!!
Maybe they thought he was a vampire and had to stab it with a pencil and then forgot to put it back. There, happy?
I can see it being negligence if an autopsy was performed.
I didn’t know hearts don’t stay viable long so I think your answer is more likely than mine.
But an organ harvesting operation of prisoners wouldn’t surprise me.
It sounds like the family is claiming it was going to be used for medical research, not transplantation.
That’s still organ harvesting and trafficking.
i mean, at least declare it; “guilty; you shall be used for parts by the highest bidder!”
its not like we care about rehabilitating any of these people
Could be. I don’t believe the “found dead” part either.