Just Jack Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 New York man who got new liver pleads guilty to DWI Authorities say Gurninderjit Thandi’s (gur-NIN’-der-jeet TAHN’-dees) blood-alcohol level was .56 percent, seven times the legal limit for driving, when he hit a man, two parked cars and a moving vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NyQuil Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 blood-alcohol level was 0.56 percent I've had some hard nights and rough morning but damn.... Oh, and its reprehensible that he did all of this after getting a transplant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I've had some hard nights and rough morning but damn.... Oh, and its reprehensible that he did all of this after getting a transplant. +100 .... there are many people waiting for transplants and this moron has to set about ruining the one he received .... not to mention nearly wiping out other innocent people. I hope the judge is hard on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted June 5, 2010 Author Share Posted June 5, 2010 +100 .... there are many people waiting for transplants and this moron has to set about ruining the one he received .... not to mention nearly wiping out other innocent people. I hope the judge is hard on him. Maybe part of his sentence should be giving up the liver and being on dialysis the rest of his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NyQuil Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Pretty sure that under liver dialysis you still need the organ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I've had some hard nights and rough morning but damn.... Oh, and its reprehensible that he did all of this after getting a transplant. +100 .... there are many people waiting for transplants and this moron has to set about ruining the one he received .... not to mention nearly wiping out other innocent people. I hope the judge is hard on him. +1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevestojan Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 .56? New liver works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadCap Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 A bit of ed-u-ma-ca-tion for those who are not in the know: It used to be that requirements for recieveing a transplanted organ were quite rigourous. When I was screened by the medical staff, I went through every test known to mankind, they tested for HIV, hep, cancer, gangrene of the dick, etc all of which would have diqualified you from elibility. Also, I went through a physiatric screening to be sure I had family support, no drug problems and the willpower to keep taking my meds. The idea is that the organs are so few that they want to give it to the person who has the best chance of keeping it for five to ten years. This has changed dramatically in the past 15 years. Now, the idea is that every organ counts so they give it to just about anyone, so it will not be wasted. My coworkers father has lupus and has a new kidney. It's doing well, its his lungs that are killing him now. Not to say that this practice is wrong or anything, just what has changed over the years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted June 6, 2010 Author Share Posted June 6, 2010 I went through every test known to mankind, they tested for HIV, hep, cancer, gangrene of the dick, etc all of which would have diqualified you from elibility. Also, I went through a physiatric screening to be sure I had family support, no drug problems and the willpower to keep taking my meds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 .56? New liver works. My guess is that it doesn't........Isn't it the livers job to get that blood alcohol level down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBeane Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 My guess is that it doesn't........Isn't it the livers job to get that blood alcohol level down? Not if the guy drank a quarter keg before he left the bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corp000085 Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 0.56 is like two or three bottles of jack during a hockey game. Plus, the lethal dose for humans of alcohol is to have a BAC greater than or equal to 0.4. New liver or not, how in the hell did this guy (a) keep his reptilian brain working, (b) operate a vehicle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBeane Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 0.56 is like two or three bottles of jack during a hockey game. Plus, the lethal dose for humans of alcohol is to have a BAC greater than or equal to 0.4. New liver or not, how in the hell did this guy (a) keep his reptilian brain working, (b) operate a vehicle? I was wondering that too, which made me curious as to what the highest recorded BAC was. And in the US, 0.74 was recorded at a hospital. No word of anything other than that, but..... 0.74?!?! WOW! http://drugrecognition.com/Alco.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac17 Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Maybe part of his sentence should be giving up the liver and being on dialysis the rest of his life. Unfortunately there is no such thing as liver dialysis. the world of transplants is very interesting, and it is depressing that only 10% of New Yorkers are donors. I read that in Utah the number is 60% - go figure. Steve Jobs set himself up on the transplant list in tennessee, where the wait for organs is much shorter (not saying that is a bad thing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NyQuil Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Unfortunately there is no such thing as liver dialysis. There is. http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-liver-dialysis.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Does it say why he lost his first liver... Why that went bad? Was it drinking releated? Anyway... Damn! That is right in the neck of the woods where I grew up and where my family still lives... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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