Re: Litigation on stem cells - burocracy in action

From: Brett Paatsch (paatschb@optusnet.com.au)
Date: Wed May 07 2003 - 04:12:04 MDT

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    Christian Szegedy writes:

    > Hungary:
    >
    > A becoming mother is litigating because the
    > Scientfic Wealth Administration (SWA) has not
    > allowed to take and the store stem cells
    > of her child for possible future medical use.
    >
    > This operation (taking blood from the
    > umbilical cord) has been performed routinely
    > in the past. Now the SWA announced that
    > this is a research area and the hospitals do
    > not have the right to do it. They are obliged
    > to ask for permission of the SWA which makes
    > the decision in each individual case.

    "Scientific Wealth Administration" - that's got to
    be a joke right?

    Cord cells are "adult" stem cells. The *Pope*
    approves of research on adult stem cells.

    Brett.
     

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