Liver transplant hopeful Claire Murray arrives in Singapore

last SG · 2010-03-31T10:37:26+00:00

from whom did her second liver come from ? .....a Singaporean's ? It would have been better if it came from someone convicted of drug running and on death ro...

Gedanken SG

the interesting question now is if the quad mill loan is going to be repaid.

Many would and have argued that by going back to drugs after the first transplant, she waived her entitlement.

As for the money, consider it gone. I can just see the Herald Sun headline now: "Our daughter's dead and the government is chasing us for money!". They were fools to provide the loan in the first place, and now the only thing they can do is cut their losses.

TERMINATOR4000 SG

shut up ged!!the $$$$ from the government of australia has nothing to do with u!

u must be shadow treasurer from meLbourne!

live with it!

mancha SG

Claire Murray is going to die. That was certain before she came here.

Her family, and the WA government, and MEH gave her a chance for that shot at life.

Thats all there is to it.

We are all sad that she succumb to the inevitable, but there are no regrets.

R.I.P. Claire.

QX179R SG

Australian liver transplant patient's death stems from genetic disorder: surgeon

SINGAPORE: An Australian woman died of infections from her second liver transplant in Singapore on Thursday.

She was operated on at Mouth Elizabeth Hospital by local surgeons who concluded that the death was caused by a genetic disorder.

These go against the claims made by previous doctors who said her first liver transplant failed due to her drug addiction.

Claire Murray, a 24-year-old Australian was ready to start life anew after battling years of drug abuse.

She was also the target of negative media coverage in her country after her family appealed for government support to fund her operation.

Dr Prema Raj, general surgeon, Mt Elizabeth Hospital, said: “When Claire came to us, she was portrayed as a drug junkie, a drug addict who abused her liver and was no good. But honestly, after getting to know her, what we saw was not a junkie, but a young lovely woman, a mother of two, who really wanted another chance at life.

After a successful organ transplant, Ms Murray had been recovering well until blood clots started forming in her arteries. This caused her death.

Surgeons discovered that she had a dysfunctional gene - a different conclusion drawn from her previous doctors.

Some are blaming it on her heroin addiction.

So what caused her death - was it a genetic disorder or drug abuse?

Dr Lui Hock Foong, liver transplant physician, Mt Elizabeth Hospital, said: “There was speculation that her drug use was responsible for the demise of this graft which caused her to go into liver failure again - hence the need for a second transplant.

“When she came to us, we ran a series of blood tests to find out if she has any inherent genetic disorder that would make her more likely to have blood clots. And as it turned out, she has a rare mutation of a gene that makes her to have blood clots more easily than others.”

The donor was Miss Murray's aunt, who's clearly worn out from the saga.

- CNA/vm

TERMINATOR4000 SG

if thats so...then why are there some people who think every cent was wasted on her...especially those people who were from singapore!are they that poor both financially and ethically?is $$$$ that hard to come by in melb that they regard $250k as something to make noise about even if their families loaned that amount and would pay it up???i dont see much aussies in yahoo message board making noise about that type of $$$ even if it ws wasted.

somehow most of the people complaining seem to be from melbourne and used to be from singapore.

is it that badly screwed up in melbourne?it cant be that bad as melbourne was regarded as one of the best states to live in the world!but how do u explain GED and some ex singapore from melb who agreed with his thoughts? apparently melbourne is just another cesspit in another different form.

it is indeed interesting ......enlightening in fact....i though melb was supposed to be better than that...but appears its not.perhaps they only have better conmen there where the whole show would be exposed by the people living there and how they think.

TERMINATOR4000 SG

For We Are Aussies And We Care
Raymond J Warren
Brisbane Qld
February 9th 2009

Did you see that fireball rolling, down the valley fair
And the timber smoke rising, from the beauty that was there?
Did you hear the birds loud calling, in fear as they flew,
And house dogs barking loudly, at the fright that they felt too?

Did you hear the wind loud roaring, like a jet plane overhead,
Did you see the roadway littered with the dying and the dead?
Did you hear the crackling bushland and see the volunteers fight,
Did you watch the orange horizon in the darkness of the night?

Can you hear the men hard yelling, as they run this way and that,
Can you hear the horses screaming as they gallop on the flat?
Do you hear the child calling as she stands now safe alone,
Whereâ��s my daddy have you seen him, I want my daddy home!

Do you know that sinking feeling of the loss and loneliness,
As you stand before your once proud home and feel the emptiness.
Do you know that heartache, as you sift through ashes bare?
Does a tear come to your reddened eyes, for memories stolen there?

Can you hear the deathly cry go up, to meet the burnished sky,
Of fathers with their children gone and a mother's mournful sigh.
And those who search the empty roads, for loved ones, who don't come,

The old and wise who blame themselves, for not telling them to run.

But please donâ��t worry strongly, there is something you should know,
We canâ��t bring back your loved ones, or the tokens for to show.
But we can share your pain, for our shoulders we lay bare.
So lay your head upon our breast, we are Aussies and we care.

TERMINATOR4000 SG

SHAME ON YOU GED..........shame on u!

The others who supported his views may somehwhat join him too in his quest for "life".

Gedanken SG

Disagree.

Gedanken SG

So what caused her death - was it a genetic disorder or drug abuse?

What got her to the first transplant in the first place?

iveco SG

What got her to the first transplant in the first place?

Her first transplant happened after her own liver went kaput following 12 years of drug use, says the original reports.

Anyway, her kids deserve our sympathy. They are so young.

iveco SG

Family, friends farewell failed liver transplant mum Claire Murray

SAD FAREWELL: Liver transplant recipient Claire Murray will be buried today in Fremantle after a mass at a Thornlie church. Picture: 60 Minutes Source: PerthNow

SAD GOODBYE: Family and friends will farewell liver transplant recipient Claire Murray at her funeral today. Picture: 60 Minutes Source: PerthNow

YOUNG liver transplant recipient Claire Murray will be buried today in Fremantle after a funeral mass at a Thornlie church.

Family and friends will farewell the young mother at a service at the Sacred Heart church, Thornlie in a service at 10am.

She will be buried later in Fremantle Cemetery.

Ms Murray, 25, a mother of two young children, died in a Singapore hospital on April 1 after complications following a live liver transplant from her aunty Carolynn.

The former drug addict, who was denied a second transplant in WA, died after emergency surgery to remove blood clots from around her heart.

Days earlier she had received what was thought to be a successful live organ donation.

Ms Murray travelled to Singapore after the WA Government controversially loaned her family $258,000 interest-free.

The loan sparked public outrage from many who believed the former drug addict did not deserve any special treatment to allow a second liver transplant.

God rest her soul and strengthen her family.

iveco SG

Now the Murray family have a trust fund set up to help them repay the loan from the state Treasury.

iveco SG

Claire Murray's family to sell home to pay debt

MASSIVE DEBT: Claire Murray's family has been left with debts of $500,000 after her failed liver transplant in Singapore, where she died in hospital after surgery. Picture: 60 Minutes Source: PerthNow

THE father of Claire Murray yesterday revealed his family will sell their home to pay off the WA Government loan that bankrolled his daughter's liver transplant surgery.

Ms Murray, a 25-year-old mother of two, travelled to Singapore for a live liver transplant operation paid for by a $258,000 interest-free government loan.

The loan sparked public criticism from many who believed the former drug addict did not deserve a second chance. Ms Murray had used illicit drugs following her first transplant surgery in WA.

Though her second transplant surgery in Singapore was initially a success, Ms Murray died from complications 15 days later.

Yesterday her father, Michael Murray, said the family were more than $500,000 in debt.

This included the interest-free loan from the WA Government. They have been given two years to pay it back.

Asked if he would have to sell his house to repay the loan money, Mr Murray said: "That would be the case. Yes. I wouldn't like to have to do that but, if we have to do it, then we have to do it."

Mr Murray said he was yet to make contact with the Government about the loan.

"Nobody has been in touch with me and I haven't been in touch with them," he said.

The family had also borrowed from banks and friends to pay for his daughter's surgery. "There is a lot more money to be paid back than what the Government lent us," he said.

"The Government probably covered half the expenses.

"We still owe a lot of money at the moment."

Mr Murray said his family was cutting back in a bid to save money. Their savings had gone.

A foundation called "Claire We Care" is being set up to raise money to support drug education in schools. The foundation will also support families in crisis and raise awareness of organ donation.

Mr Murray said his family was still dealing with Claire's death.

"You get your good and bad days," he said. "I don't think we'll ever fully recover. But it gets easier with the good support you have around you."

He said there were no regrets about the attempt to save Ms Murray's life.

"We gave it our all and Claire gave it her all," he said. "It just wasn't meant to be."

iveco SG

Use Claire's death to shock, educate high school students - father

SHOCK: Claire Murray's father wants the death of his daughter, at 25, to shock and educate high school students who might be experimenting with drugs. Picture: Channel Nine Source: PerthNow

GRAPHIC pictures of drug addict Claire Murray's diseased liver should be used to shock high-school students into staying clean and sober, her father says.

Michael Murray wants to use the last days of his daughter's life as part of a drug-education program in WA schools.

A heartbroken Mr Murray, whose daughter died after a controversial organ-transplant debate that divided WA, said he had letters written by his daughter and pictures of her liver that should be used to discourage children from exper2imenting with drugs.

There was also a video of her warning children off drugs that was filmed only days before her death.

"It's super important to educate children about drugs at a school age," Mr Murray said.

"Claire used to say that the minute you put a needle in your arm, it's too late. Once you have started injecting it's very hard to stop."

The loan sparked public criticism from many who believed the former addict did not deserve a second chance because Ms Murray had used illicit drugs following her first transplant surgery in WA.

Though her surgery in Singapore was initially a success, Ms Murray died from complications 15 days later.

Her father told The Sunday Times that shortly before her death, his daughter spoke about her desire to raise awareness about the dangers of drugs.

Mr Murray and an official from the Education Department have discussed how his daughter's death could be used to teach students about drug abuse.

The acting president of the WA Council of State School Organisations, Kylie Catto, said Mr Murray's plan could be incorporated into the government-funded School Drug Education and Road Awareness program.

About 80 per cent of government schools run the classes, which are organised by the Drug and Alcohol Office.

"If Claire's story can help one kid, then that's a positive," Ms Catto said.

Mr Murray said a foundation, Claire We Care, was being set up to raise money to support drug education in schools. It will also support families in crisis and raise awareness of organ donation.

Mr Murray said part of the drug education campaign should be paid for by Proceeds of Crime funding.

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