WHO GETS THE HEART?

HEART TRANSPLANT

WHAT IS IT?

CONSIDERATIONS

• Age
• Condition
• Backround
• Cause of disease

#1: SOHAN KIM

• He's the youngest (age 12)
• Born with heart disease
• Condition has worsened rapidly
• Currently depending on a machine

#2: LEONID GROMYKOVITCH

• Relatively young (age 35)
• Works for government
• Currently living with heart lung machine
• Widowed, three children

#3: AMEGNEZA EDORH

• Age 57
• Has been in bed for past 5 months
• Deteriorating state
• Has a family (husband and grown ups)

#4: ALICIA FAGAN

• Age 27
• Ph.D student
• Failing both heart and kidneys
• Unmarried
• Sister waiting for heart transplant

#5: GALIA FEINSTEIN

• Age 27
• Harvard master degree
• Married and holds a business
• One daughter, age 4
• Kidneys are not being affected

#6: PETER JACOBSEN

• Age 42, well known scientist
• Heart disease comes from family
• Already had one transplant
• Has an artifficial heart
• Never married, no children

#7: MARTHA ROSALES

• Age 23
• Heart problem was caused by her
• Unemployed, no money
• Not in a critical condition
• Never married, four children (1 to 8 yrs)

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