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Addict Claire Murray offered second chance for liver transplant
http://www.news.com.au/national/add...iver-transplant/story-e6frfkvr-1225834549165#
Drug girl's family plead for liver help
Family of young Perth woman who took drugs after a liver transplant explain why they want another...
Claire Murray, a 24-year-old mother-of-two, has been told by doctors that she only has months to live if she does not receive a liver transplant.
It would be her second transplant after years of drug abuse, including heroin and amphetamines, PerthNow reports.
She has admitted to taking drugs after her first liver transplant last year - but has pledged to make the most of her second chance at life after being told she could not be considered for a second transplant in WA.
Health Minister Kim Hames said there were seven other people in WA who were waiting for their first liver transplant.
He said it would be "patently unfair" for Ms Murray to jump the queue for a second liver.
But Dr Hames said the State Government was prepared to pay for her and her father to travel to New Zealand so she could be considered for a "live" liver transplant.
The procedure would use a piece of a liver from a living family member.
Ms Murray's father Michael today told ABC radio that his daughter would die within months without a second chance liver transplant.
"This is a complex and emotional case and the decision not to put Ms Murray back on the waiting list for a liver transplant was made by a team of experts in the field,'' Dr Hames said.
"It's important to remember we do not have enough donor organs in Western Australia, and someone has to die to provide a sick person with an organ. Last year, three people died while waiting for a liver transplant.
"We have offered to fly Ms Murray to New Zealand where she can be reviewed for a live person-to-person liver transplant.
"That procedure is not done anywhere in Australia, but it involves taking about a third of the liver from a willing donor, and transplanting it into the patient.
"There are risks associated in that procedure both for the donor and the patient and there is no guarantee that Ms Murray would be suitable.
"I have a great deal of sympathy for the Murray family.”
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Addict Claire Murray offered second chance for liver transplant
http://www.news.com.au/national/add...iver-transplant/story-e6frfkvr-1225834549165#
Drug girl's family plead for liver help
Family of young Perth woman who took drugs after a liver transplant explain why they want another...
- Mother, 24, will die without new liver
- Returned to drugs after first transplant
- State offers to fund NZ trip
Claire Murray, a 24-year-old mother-of-two, has been told by doctors that she only has months to live if she does not receive a liver transplant.
It would be her second transplant after years of drug abuse, including heroin and amphetamines, PerthNow reports.
She has admitted to taking drugs after her first liver transplant last year - but has pledged to make the most of her second chance at life after being told she could not be considered for a second transplant in WA.
Health Minister Kim Hames said there were seven other people in WA who were waiting for their first liver transplant.
He said it would be "patently unfair" for Ms Murray to jump the queue for a second liver.
But Dr Hames said the State Government was prepared to pay for her and her father to travel to New Zealand so she could be considered for a "live" liver transplant.
The procedure would use a piece of a liver from a living family member.
Ms Murray's father Michael today told ABC radio that his daughter would die within months without a second chance liver transplant.
"This is a complex and emotional case and the decision not to put Ms Murray back on the waiting list for a liver transplant was made by a team of experts in the field,'' Dr Hames said.
"It's important to remember we do not have enough donor organs in Western Australia, and someone has to die to provide a sick person with an organ. Last year, three people died while waiting for a liver transplant.
"We have offered to fly Ms Murray to New Zealand where she can be reviewed for a live person-to-person liver transplant.
"That procedure is not done anywhere in Australia, but it involves taking about a third of the liver from a willing donor, and transplanting it into the patient.
"There are risks associated in that procedure both for the donor and the patient and there is no guarantee that Ms Murray would be suitable.
"I have a great deal of sympathy for the Murray family.”
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