Investigations reveal a shocking surprise about the owner of the first pig's heart implanted in his body
American reports revealed a shocking surprise about the first patient to undergo a pig heart transplant in his body
And it turned out that the patient, David Bennett Sr., 57, had committed a heinous murder years ago, according to the Washington Post.
The newspaper reported that Bennett killed a person in 1988 and stabbed him 7 times, and the court ordered the perpetrator, David Bennett Sr., to pay $ 3.4 million to Shoemaker and his family in compensation, but his sister said that her family did not receive any of that money.
The victim's sister added, "Bennett went on and lived a good life after 6 years in prison, and now he's getting a second chance with a new heart, but I hope, in my opinion, you've gone to a worthy recipient."
According to the agency "Sputnik".
The revelation of David Bennett Sr.'s old crime has sparked controversy and divided opinion among medical ethicists, who say a patient's "criminal history should not be taken into account when making decisions about transplants."
“In general, medicine does not take into account criminal history in choosing people for treatment or experiments,” said Arthur Kaplan, professor of bioethics at New York University, in statements to the American “Business Insider” website. Everyone is the same.”
"Hospitals generally do not take a criminal history into account when choosing a person to be put on an organ donation waiting list, and often they don't even know about their criminal records," Kaplan said.
Kaplan stressed that "Bennett didn't receive a human heart that would have belonged to someone else on the waiting list, and things can't be looked at: because he got a pig's heart, a nice guy died somewhere."
"We have a legal system designed to determine fair compensation for crimes, and we have a health care system that aims to provide care regardless of people's personality or history," University of Pennsylvania professor of medical ethics Scott Halpern told The Washington Post.
He added: "This patient (David Bennett Sr.) came to us desperately in need of a transplant, and a decision on his eligibility for transplant was made based solely on his medical records."
And last Friday, David underwent a groundbreaking 8-hour transplant of a new heart from a genetically modified pig.
And if a pig heart transplant proves successful, the extraordinary medical procedure could one day save many lives around the world.
More than 106,000 people are on an organ transplant waiting list in America, while 17 people die every day waiting to receive a human organ, according to data from the country's Department of Health Resources and Services.
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