According to SGH's own website information on kidney transplant, one can see many problems with the kidney transplant done by SGH for CK Tang magnate Tang wee Sung, and in fact, SGH has flaunted and failed to follow its own guidelines.
1) The SGH website says that patients with heart problems are NOT suitable for kidney transplants, yet Mr. tang who had such heart problems that he was taken off the recipient wait list, was allowed to undergo a transplant.
2) The waiting list, according to the SGH website is between 4 and 6 years. Yet , Mr. Tang waited only months as he was put on the organ wait list a 2nd time in Oct.
3) because of Mr. Tang's age and other heath problems, the universal critieria is to give the kidney to a younger person who can have a better quality of life. Also, Mr. Tang is unmarried and has no chance to reproduce, so, someone younger, healthier, and with a family should be the rightful recipient.
The govt. should be doing an investigation into how and why this happended
FROM SGH WEBSITE.
Kidney Transplant
(Renal Transplant)
Article Sections
Introduction
Different forms of Transplantation
Possible Risks
Introduction
A renal transplant can perform all the functions of a normal kidney by removing waste products and water as well as producing the hormones produced by the normal kidney, and is a solution for patients with severe or irreversible kidney failure. Dialysis is another option of therapy for such patients. However, not all patients are suitable for both forms of therapy. The choice of one treatment over the other for any individual patient is based on many factors including medical and social factors, as well as the availability of these options for the individual patient. Thus some patients with heart disease are not suitable for kidney transplantation, and will need to remain on dialysis. Some patients with severe heart disease or other debilitating illnesses may not even tolerate dialysis. Every patient will need to be evaluated individually to decide whether he or she is suitable for either form of treatment.
Renal transplantation usually remains the most ideal option of renal replacement therapy. With a functioning renal transplant (also called allograft), the patient is freed from the need of having to do dialysis, can have a normal diet, and can in almost all respects have a normal unimpeded lifestyle.
Different Forms of Renal Transplantation
There are several forms of renal transplantation:
Cadaveric renal transplantation:
Some patients on dialysis have no family members suitable to donate a kidney to them. These patients need to wait for kidney that is obtained from a suitable donor who has died suddenly but had otherwise been in a good state of health. Such a transplant is called a cadaveric renal transplant. Patients on dialysis if suitable will be placed on the transplantation list and await the opportunity for a transplantation while receiving regular dialysis. The waiting time depends on the availability of willing donors, and in Singapore, recipients of a cadaveric renal transplant commonly wait about 4 to 6 years before receiving a transplant. Some have waited as long as ten years. The success rate however is about 10% lower than that of a live donor transplant, but nevertheless, usually still means a better quality of life than being on dialysis.
FROM SHIT TIMES
Gunman's kidney for Tang?
By Jessica Jaganathan & Teh Joo Lin
Last year, Mr Tang was caught trying to buy a kidney.
RETAIL magnate Tang Wee Sung, who was convicted of trying to buy a kidney in Singapore's first organ trading case last year, received a new organ at the National University Hospital.
The Straits Times believes that the kidney came from former triad leader Tan Chor Jin, who gunned down a nightclub owner in 2006. The gangster dubbed the 'One-Eyed Dragon' was hanged at Changi Prison yesterday morning.
His mistress confirmed that his organs were donated.
A check with hospitals found that only one other patient received a kidney from a dead donor yesterday, in an operation done at the Singapore General Hospital.
A spokesman for Mr Tang's family said his transplant was done in the morning and he was recuperating.
'He's up and conscious and he is in high spirits, even asking for magazines and books to read,' said the spokesman.
The 56-year-old had been unsuccessful in getting a kidney transplant overseas because of his other illnesses. He was caught trying to buy a kidney for transplant from an Indonesian here in June last year.
He was jailed for a day and fined $17,000 for the offence.
The debate that followed the case has prompted moves to change the law to allow people who donate their kidneys to get monetary compensation from the recipient or a voluntary organisation.
There are about 520 patients waiting for a kidney and every year 80 transplants are carried out.
Mr Tang, who suffers several medical problems including diabetes, asthma and heart problems, had earlier been taken off the waiting list for a kidney from a dead donor.
Last October, he underwent a successful triple heart bypass and was deemed well enough for a kidney transplant. Hospitals are not allowed to reveal details of transplants, but The Straits Times understands Mr Tang's new kidney came from the killer executed yesterday.
Dubbed 'One-Eyed Dragon' because he was blind in the right eye, Tan, 42, was convicted in May 2007 of firing six rounds from a Beretta pistol at Mr Lim Hock Soon, 40.
He was captured in Malaysia, extradited to Singapore and convicted of discharging a firearm, an offence that carries the mandatory death penalty.
He failed in asking the President for clemency, his last hope of avoiding the gallows.
Tan's mistress told The Straits Times that he had made it known that he wished to donate his organs after his death.
Tan and his Malaysian wife had no children. His mistress, also a Malaysian, bore him a son and a daughter.
1) The SGH website says that patients with heart problems are NOT suitable for kidney transplants, yet Mr. tang who had such heart problems that he was taken off the recipient wait list, was allowed to undergo a transplant.
2) The waiting list, according to the SGH website is between 4 and 6 years. Yet , Mr. Tang waited only months as he was put on the organ wait list a 2nd time in Oct.
3) because of Mr. Tang's age and other heath problems, the universal critieria is to give the kidney to a younger person who can have a better quality of life. Also, Mr. Tang is unmarried and has no chance to reproduce, so, someone younger, healthier, and with a family should be the rightful recipient.
The govt. should be doing an investigation into how and why this happended
FROM SGH WEBSITE.
Kidney Transplant
(Renal Transplant)
Article Sections
Introduction
Different forms of Transplantation
Possible Risks
Introduction
A renal transplant can perform all the functions of a normal kidney by removing waste products and water as well as producing the hormones produced by the normal kidney, and is a solution for patients with severe or irreversible kidney failure. Dialysis is another option of therapy for such patients. However, not all patients are suitable for both forms of therapy. The choice of one treatment over the other for any individual patient is based on many factors including medical and social factors, as well as the availability of these options for the individual patient. Thus some patients with heart disease are not suitable for kidney transplantation, and will need to remain on dialysis. Some patients with severe heart disease or other debilitating illnesses may not even tolerate dialysis. Every patient will need to be evaluated individually to decide whether he or she is suitable for either form of treatment.
Renal transplantation usually remains the most ideal option of renal replacement therapy. With a functioning renal transplant (also called allograft), the patient is freed from the need of having to do dialysis, can have a normal diet, and can in almost all respects have a normal unimpeded lifestyle.
Different Forms of Renal Transplantation
There are several forms of renal transplantation:
Cadaveric renal transplantation:
Some patients on dialysis have no family members suitable to donate a kidney to them. These patients need to wait for kidney that is obtained from a suitable donor who has died suddenly but had otherwise been in a good state of health. Such a transplant is called a cadaveric renal transplant. Patients on dialysis if suitable will be placed on the transplantation list and await the opportunity for a transplantation while receiving regular dialysis. The waiting time depends on the availability of willing donors, and in Singapore, recipients of a cadaveric renal transplant commonly wait about 4 to 6 years before receiving a transplant. Some have waited as long as ten years. The success rate however is about 10% lower than that of a live donor transplant, but nevertheless, usually still means a better quality of life than being on dialysis.
FROM SHIT TIMES
Gunman's kidney for Tang?
By Jessica Jaganathan & Teh Joo Lin
Last year, Mr Tang was caught trying to buy a kidney.
RETAIL magnate Tang Wee Sung, who was convicted of trying to buy a kidney in Singapore's first organ trading case last year, received a new organ at the National University Hospital.
The Straits Times believes that the kidney came from former triad leader Tan Chor Jin, who gunned down a nightclub owner in 2006. The gangster dubbed the 'One-Eyed Dragon' was hanged at Changi Prison yesterday morning.
His mistress confirmed that his organs were donated.
A check with hospitals found that only one other patient received a kidney from a dead donor yesterday, in an operation done at the Singapore General Hospital.
A spokesman for Mr Tang's family said his transplant was done in the morning and he was recuperating.
'He's up and conscious and he is in high spirits, even asking for magazines and books to read,' said the spokesman.
The 56-year-old had been unsuccessful in getting a kidney transplant overseas because of his other illnesses. He was caught trying to buy a kidney for transplant from an Indonesian here in June last year.
He was jailed for a day and fined $17,000 for the offence.
The debate that followed the case has prompted moves to change the law to allow people who donate their kidneys to get monetary compensation from the recipient or a voluntary organisation.
There are about 520 patients waiting for a kidney and every year 80 transplants are carried out.
Mr Tang, who suffers several medical problems including diabetes, asthma and heart problems, had earlier been taken off the waiting list for a kidney from a dead donor.
Last October, he underwent a successful triple heart bypass and was deemed well enough for a kidney transplant. Hospitals are not allowed to reveal details of transplants, but The Straits Times understands Mr Tang's new kidney came from the killer executed yesterday.
Dubbed 'One-Eyed Dragon' because he was blind in the right eye, Tan, 42, was convicted in May 2007 of firing six rounds from a Beretta pistol at Mr Lim Hock Soon, 40.
He was captured in Malaysia, extradited to Singapore and convicted of discharging a firearm, an offence that carries the mandatory death penalty.
He failed in asking the President for clemency, his last hope of avoiding the gallows.
Tan's mistress told The Straits Times that he had made it known that he wished to donate his organs after his death.
Tan and his Malaysian wife had no children. His mistress, also a Malaysian, bore him a son and a daughter.
