Learning from Iran
Tuesday, 15 January 2008 Jacob TomawToday’s Cato Daily Podcast is about organ transplants and waiting lists. I was surprised to learn that Iran is the only nation that has implemented the only real solution.
Iran allows the sale of organs and, reportedly, no longer has a waiting list for transplants. Over 70% of the people on the waiting lists around the world are waiting for a kidney. Healthy kidneys are in bountiful supply. Worldwide there are more than 6 billion extra ones just hanging out. Also, my understanding is that there is nearly infinite supplies of livers, marrow, and blood.