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If you get a heart transplant, can you take your old heart home with you?
Like are there any laws or rules against it?
5 Answers
- 4 years agoFavorite Answer
NO! The doc's may take a picture for you during transplant. But, in most cases the organ is used for "inspection" and research. Some folks do have a "funeral" for their old heart, but it is a memorial WITHOUT the organ. I had a heart transplant 9-1/2 years ago.
- Anonymous4 years ago
No you can't.
Yes, there are laws against. Specifically those dealing with the disposal of medical waste and human tissue.
- BLv 54 years ago
Yes same with all transplants. Some people keep them in a jar to be buried with them at death.
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