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Thousands of serviceable pacemakers are thrown away or stored each year when cardiac patients die. Is there a way to donate them to global aid programs?

By Dina Fine Maron | Newsweek Web Exclusive
May 18, 2009 | Updated: 2:46  p.m. ET May 18, 2009

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  • Posted By: kristen12592 @ 06/18/2009 10:49:57 AM

    I agree, great idea if they are not being used :)

  • Posted By: Anniem53 @ 05/19/2009 12:09:26 PM

    Why are we always taking care of other countries before our own?
    There are many people here in the US that need aid before sending it off to others.
    Let's have a little compassion for the poor people living down the street instead of sending aid thousands of miles away.
    To be honest, it sickens me!

  • Posted By: JPACTS @ 05/18/2009 10:41:13 PM

    have the US /state govt buy them at a discount & recycle them here for those covered under the tax payers funded government health plans - medicare and medicaid

  • Posted By: tiatia @ 05/19/2009 12:51:55 AM

    Why to the third world countries? Why not to patients who have no insurance in the US? or those who can't afford new ones?!!
    IGiving these devices to such countries while we prohibit this in our own contry, does not look right.. it 's like we are looking to the third world as if they were of different class humans..

  • Posted By: barbara45 @ 05/19/2009 9:34:34 AM

    no way will i allow any of my familes organs to a another counry; American citizens first.

  • Posted By: MagicDragon @ 05/19/2009 2:29:12 AM

    Don't go to doctors! You'll live longer and better!

  • Posted By: alstan3 @ 05/18/2009 11:22:33 PM

    Why would you not re-use them? Duh!!

  • Posted By: alstan3 @ 05/18/2009 11:22:13 PM

    Why would you not re-use them? Duh!!

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