Question 73 · LEK · Living donor
A woman whose only chance to survive is bone marrow transplant comes to the hospital. Searching for the donor failed, but the test results of tissue compatibility antigens indicate that her minor son could be the donor. Taking bone marrow from the minor in order to transplant it to his mother:
- A. is not possible.
- B. is possible only from minors over 16 years of age.
- C. is possible only when facing imminent danger of mother’s death and another donor has not been found.
- D. is possible after obtaining written consent from the minor and the consent from the Ethics Committee of the National Transplant Council.
- E. is possible after obtaining consent from the minor, in pen, from the court and from the Ethics Committee of the National Transplant Council.
Hint
The Transplant Act allows bone marrow donation by a minor only for one specific category of relatives.
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