Did anyone else see this story? Wow, it really floored me. I’m not a big fan of organ donation because I think it has the potential to cause doctors to hasten deaths in the name of helping others. That’s just my opinion. I understand the dilemma of needing a vital organ or having a loved one who is waiting for a transplant. For me, personally, unless it were something like a kidney where the donor could remain alive, I’d probably pass on being a recipient, and head on into eternity.

Anyway, back to the news story. The family of the teenager whose organs were donated are devastated because they had no idea the young man had this rare form of cancer.

But the kicker:

Alex Koehne of Sag Harbor, Long Island, died a year ago of lymphoma, but his parents were told he died from bacterial meningitis. Since then, two of the organ recipients have died and two others are battling the same disease, according to the report.

I realize I’m no doctor … but why would it be considered safe in the world of medicine to harvest and donate organs from someone who died from bacterial meningitis in the first place? One would think common sense would dictate in a situation like this. The entire sad incident seems preventable. What do you think?