Talk:Jesica Santillan
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Rest in peace and God bless you, Jesica
Some groups are now using this incident as an example of why welfare is so bad. They are going on about how some [<unnecessary racial epithet> - PMA] entered the country and got 2 transplants... Susan Mason
Antonio, I'm restoring Susan Mason's comment, as I'm sure it wasn't racist. My interpretation is that it is criticising the attitude described. Perhaps a section on public attitudes to the whole situation could be added to the article...? -- Oliver P. 01:45 Feb 26, 2003 (UTC)
Good idea Oliver - i dont think Susan meant to be racist - she was just reporting what other people have said about this case.
PMelvilleAustin 18:24 Mar 1, 2003 (UTC)
The line, "Asking the Santillans to donate her organs and afterwards publicizing their refusal was a strategy by Duke University PR to protect the institution from negative publicity." is not at all neutral. I'm removing it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.3.96.58 (talk) 03:24, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
That is your POV. This is the official statement Duke made regarding it. I am deleting the caveat you made and adding a link to the article. "The option they had was whether or not they would speak with Carolina Donor Services about organ donation. We had been advised by CDS that based on their initial assessment several organs may be viable for donation. I explained to Jesica's family that this was the situation that other families were in when they made a decision to allow organs to be donated that could help someone like Jesica. Three certified translators were helping to convey our message to Jesica's family. However, her mother declined to speak with Carolina Donor Services who were present on site. They refused and we told them we would respect their decision." FEBRUARY 22, 2003 " http://www.dukemednews.org/global/download.pdf?ids=6498 LordPathogen
