article_snippet: Doctors could give transplant patients organs from cancer victims, drug addicts or those with infections under new plans in a bid to battle the shortage of healthy donors.
article_snippet: Doctors could give transplant patients organs from cancer victims, drug addicts, and those with infections under new plans (file picture)
article_snippet: And one of new plans (file picture) reportedly been considered is offering patients transplants using organs from people who would have usually had drug addicts, and those with infections under new plans (file picture) rejected after being deemed to 'high-risk'.
article_snippet: According to the Sunday Times, the proposals would create a special 'fast track' waiting list for the high risk organs.
article_snippet: There are people on the lost who are willing to take risk, accept kidneys from people with known infection risk or cancer risk.'
article_snippet: Organs are deemed high risk if Organs come from cancer patients, intravenous drug users and those with a history of having high-risk sex lives.
article_snippet: Last year involved ‘high-risk’ organs that could be damaged or infected.
article_snippet: The organs belonged to a 39-year-old alcoholic with cirrhosis and had been rejected by hospitals in England and Scotland before The organs were accepted by the University of Wales Hospital in Cardiff.
article_snippet: Mr Jaques, who is a transplant surgeon and liver specialist, said: ‘Mr Jaques, who is a transplant surgeon and liver specialist were regularly offered donors that I considered to be very high risk.
article_snippet: Mr Jaques, who is a transplant surgeon and liver specialist were offered organs of patients who were dying of widespread sepsis (blood infection).
article_snippet: ‘I was offered organs from patients with a history of recent and significant high grade cancer, which has a high risk of transmission.
article_snippet: ‘Mr Jaques, who is a transplant surgeon and liver specialist were offered livers from patients who were actually dying of liver failure.
highlights_snippet: Under new plans, doctors could give patients organs that are 'high-risk'
  Would come from cancer victims, drug addicts and those with infections .
  