The Choice: Islam and Christianity

Jesus No Phantom 209

SUNDAY TRIBUNE, JULY 17.1983

WAS HE DEAD

OR ALIVE?

THE DILEMMA FACING TRANSPLANT DOCTORS

AFTER THE BIZARRE CASE OF DONOR ANTONIE

THE mystery surrounding whether potential kidney donor Antonie Fran-

ken was dead or alive when Tygerberg Hospital doctors decided to operate on

him may jeopardise transplant opera­tions.

By Tony

Spencer-Smith

Antonie Frinkon

------a bizarre daad

or aliva question

transplant has been An 4 urgently needed’’

called off because of the controversy following the

death of the 21-year-old Goodwood fireman who

suffered devastating brain damage in a car

crash on Saturday, July 9,

tion bad to be cancelled The transplant opera­

this week, said the medi­

cal superintendent of Ty­gerberg, Dr JP van der

Westhuyzen

around the country now Transplant doctors

fear ttie supply of organs from donors could dry up

because of the incident.The bizarre case began

the Sunday morning fol­lowing Antonie Franken’s

fateful accident the Sat­

urday night before.

THE SUNDAY TRIBUNE, MARCH 27. 1960

MAN DIED FOR

TWO HOURS:

STILL LIVES

4 Miracle’ amazes doctors

(Sunday Tribune Correspondent)

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N E thing is being kep t very carefully fro m 27-year-old W alter H arrid g e in S t.
B a rth o lo m e w ’s H ospital at R o ch ester. K e n t— Hie fact th at lie was d ea d lor nearly
tw o hours. D o cto rs fear that the sh o ck o f k n o w in g it m ig h t kill him. N ew sp ap ers
are forbidden h im. T h e hosnital staff h as been w arn ed th a t he m ust not be told th at by all n o rm a l stan d a rd s he sh o u ld n o t be alive. !:or n o o n e has ev er died for so
long an d lived again.