Read the following ease study and orally answer the listed q

Read the following ease study and orally answer the listed questions. You are a very good and popular surgeon in a very famous hospital in Dubai. You have been approached by a man claiming to be from a group that buys and sells human organs from people who have died. This man has told you that there are many people who will die unless they receive an organ transplant soon. He said that he knows a woman who needs a new liver. She will die within the next week if she doesn\'t receive a new liver, and you are her last hope. The man has said that he has a compatible liver, but only needs a good surgeon like you to perform the operation. He will pay you 100, 000 dirhams to perform the operation. He says that he also knows more people like this woman who need new organs and he will pay you 100, 000 dirhams for each operation. He says that these people have been on hospital and government waiting lists for organs for many years now and they are all close to dying. He says that without your help they will die. You have a lot of debt which needs to be paid off and the money would help you a lot. Without this extra money the bank will foreclose on your home that you bought a year ago. and you will have no other place to live. Your wife is threatening to divorce you, if you don\'t find a way to pay your debts. You suspect that this man is buying human organs illegally, but you think that probably no one would find out about it because you could do the operations at night with some other medical professionals who could help you. What do you do? Should you perform the operation and hope that no one finds out because you need the money? Should you perform the operation and hope that no one finds out to save the life of the woman who will die without your help? Should you tell him you won\'t do it and ignore what he is doing? Should you go to the government with your evidence of this illegal organ selling? Should you give your evidence to an Emirati human rights group anonymously? What are the implications of each option? (Who is affected? How are they affected? What are the possible results?) What do you believe is the best option? Why?

Solution

1.Should you perform the operation and hope that no one finds out because you need the money?

Ans: Though i need money i will not operate the patient. I shall enquire into the case deeply.

2.Should you perform the operation and hope that no one finds out to save the life of the woman who will die without your help?

Ans: I will ask the person to bring the patient to my hospital. I will ask my trusted staff to conduct medical tests. Being a Doctor i can diagonize the patient\'s condition. If the patient is truely ill and is in need of immediate treatment, then i will agree to do the Operation.

3.Should you tell him you won\'t do it and ignore what he is doing?

Ans: Initially i will ask the person to bring the patient along with the reports and threaten him of informing to Police if it is proved to be a hoax.

4.Should you go to the government with your evidence of this illegal organ selling?

Ans: I cannot judge the person whether he is correct or wrong. But if he is proved to be an illegal organ seller, then certainly i will inform to the Police.

5.Should you give your evidence to an Emirati human rights group anonymously?

Ans: Yes,if the person is proved to be an illegal organ seller i will give the information to the human rights group and ask them to hide my identity to save myself and my family from any threat in the long run.

6.What are the implications of each option? (Who is affected? How are they affected? What are the possible results?)

Ans: If i accept the offer from the person without any enquiry, though my present problem of getting divorced is resolved but i will become a cause for illegal organ transplant.

If i inform to the government about the case, my name will be highlighted and there is every possibility that my family may be put into trouble.

If the inform to the Human rights group and hide my identity, the person will be caught and my family will be in the safer side.

7.What do you believe is the best option? Why?

Ans: I believe taking this matter to the notice of Police is the best option. They can interrogate the person and bring the truth from him. This is the best option because being a responsible Doctor as well as citizen of the Nation it becomes my responsibility to control such illegal organ selling practice.