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BioEdge: BFF of Selena Gomez donates kidney

BioEdge: BFF of Selena Gomez donates kidney

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BFF of Selena Gomez donates kidney
     
American pop singer Selena Gomez received a kidney transplant from her best friend, she revealed this week. Ms Gomez, 25, suffers from lupus and the disease was attacking her kidneys. TV actress Francia Raisa, 29, volunteered to donate hers. She wrote on Instagram that “there aren’t words to describe” how she can thank Raisa, who gave “the ultimate gift and sacrifice by donating her kidney.”

Photos were released on Instagram of the two women side by side in hospital and of Ms Gomez displaying a very large scar on her abdomen.

Despite the public relations frenzy, very little information has been released about the procedure. Whether Ms Raisa had been remunerated for the donation or what else might have motivated her donation is unknown. However, Ms Raisa’s mother, Virginia Almendarez, told the media that the actress did it just so that “Selena could have a better life” and that “not even a single penny” was exchanged. 
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Sunday, September 17, 2017



For better or worse, this week’s newsletter seems largely dedicated to topics revolving around euthanasia. Belgium’s system is finally getting the close critical scrutiny it deserves in a new collection of essays from Cambridge University Press.



Coincidentally, the doyen of euthanasia there, Dr Wim Distelmans, has just released statistics about child euthanasia. “Nothing to see here; please move along,” seems to be his message. In three years, only two children have been euthanised. Perhaps that is an index of how normal euthanasia has become in his country.



Assisted dying is a hot topic, too, in Australia, in the states of Victoria and New South Wales. BioEdge has organised a free forum on NSW’s Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill on this coming Thursday in Sydney. It will be held at Parliament House, on Macquarie Street, from 9.30am to 12.30pm. A number of medical and legal experts will be discussing the possibility of legal euthanasia in New South Wales. For more details, please check our Facebook page.





Michael Cook

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