5M views · Dec 4, 2023 · 31:37 · 1 HN recommender · 3 mentions · discussed 2024
A Last Week Tonight segment on organ and body donation, covering where donations actually go, how donated bodies are used and sold, and problems in organ transplant programs.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN cites it in threads about donated bodies and organ transplant failures as a critical look at opaque systems.
“John Oliver had a pretty good episode about hospitals, organ donation organisations and even non-profits”HN comment, 2024
“John Oliver had a pretty good episode about hospitals, organ donation organisations and even non-profits”
Episode on opaque systems hiding where donated bodies go.
I'm not OP but John Oliver had a pretty good episode about hospitals, organ donation organisations and even non-profits, all benefit from a opaque system intentionally designed to hide where bodies go when "disposed" -- Here's a youtube link to the episode (may be blocked in certain regions due to copyright) this video
“Jon Oliver did a piece on body donation[0].”
John Oliver segment on how donated bodies are used and sold.
Jon Oliver did a piece on body donation[0]. Many people probably wouldn't expect their loved ones body to be used for entertainment in a hotel, sold piece by piece for profit or used to test explosives. [0] this video
“John Oliver did an episode on organ transplants and it is pretty much a clusterf*ck”
Episode on problems in organ transplant programs.
John Oliver did an episode on organ transplants and it is pretty much a clusterf*ck: this video It varies state by state but some of the programs are pretty bad, it's no surprise that something like this happened.
