[Doug]

Has with anyone else, yourselves included every one is entitled to an opinion; we don’t have to agree with it but in a free and open society with should accept that we all have one and are free to express it.

This might be an ideal time for one of the members form the Nursing Profession to intercede and prevent this emotive thread from being trashed like so many others. From my perspective:

Alcoholism is an illness, not a disease although I accept that many might see as been, but a disease is something you might catch. An illness is something you might suffer from. Never the less real Alcoholism is a tragedy in its own right.

In respect of the transplant, first there has to be a match, I don’t recalled the odds involved but if this liver was the closest for Best then it was his, it is unlikely that someone else missed out as a result of it going to him. Had he not had it, it may well have been wasted, it does happen and not ever organ donated goes on to save a life. I would also point out that this great man died yesterday as a result of an infection.