Organ & Body Donations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
What it is
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 recommends it
HN cites it in threads about donated bodies and organ transplant failures as a critical look at opaque systems.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2024, last 2024
What HN commenters said
“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.
alborzb, 2024-08 · Recommendation · in “US hospital told family their daughter had checked out when in fact she'd died”
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Topics: organ donation, body donation, transplants, john oliver, healthcare
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