Report: Japanese mob boss gave $100,000 to UCLA

(AP) -- A Japanese gang boss and another alleged gangster who had liver transplants at UCLA Medical Center each donated $100,000 to the hospital soon after their surgeries, according to a published report.

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• Corban - May 31, 2008
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  I know what people are thinking: why not filter out criminals? Well, the devil's in the details. If you require ID, criminals will spoof and mess up the system, reducing its efficiency even further. Also, it would require doctors to violate their Hippocratic oath by passing judgments. That's not their job.
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• bobcollum - May 31, 2008
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  I'm not sure who to be more angry with....the FBI for negotiating with an organized crime syndicate leader on the 'hope' that he'll turn informant, or UCLA:
  
  Japanese mafia dons donated £50,000 after jumping queue for US liver transplants
  
  http://snipurl.com/2brs9
  
  Now, I know it would be appropriate for a wealthy person to donate to a hospital...especially to the specific department that saved his or her life.
  
  I do wonder if recieving a donation from a Japanese mafia don would be something they would want to openly advertise(i.e. reeks of illegitamcy).
  
  Hippocratic oath aside, it sure seems to be the case that money and/or position gets you much faster results in medical situations.
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• roguetrekker - May 31, 2008
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  Hippocratic oath my a**. They won't give cancer patients new livers and I just had my mother pass away at 54 years young because of it. The only thing that was failing her was her liver, she had a small spot of cancer one other spot in her body that was responding extraordinarily well to treatment, and the 'oh so thoughtful and caring medical profession' denied her a liver transplant because she had cancer. But, by all means, let's pass them out for free to non-citizens and criminals too, while we let teachers die. That makes sense.
  
  One modern version of the oath does not state to do no harm, just to take death seriously. See section 6.
  
  http://www.pbs.or...ern.html
  
  And how about all those people who drink themselves to death and are on the transplant list? Or those who abuse drugs? To me these are not moral questions but logical ones. Will the drinker drink again? Maybe. Will the druggie use drugs? Probably. Will the cancer patient die from this cancer? Maybe, but at least they didn't do it to themselves.
  
  And you really shouldn't bother flaming me. My opinions are my own and are not going to be changed by the random musings of bleeding heart liberals. That and I won't be checking the article again so the flames will fall on deaf ears.
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• gopher65 - May 31, 2008
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  That's what you get for having a private healthcare system. Queue jumpers. Whether they're criminals or not is immaterial in my mind. Criminal, politician, royalty, or businessman, you shouldn't be able to bribe a hospital to jump to the front of the line.
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• vegetarian777 - Jun 01, 2008
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  Another one-sided story. This is gutter reporting; I'm surprised at physorg for allowing this political rhetoric. 1/5
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• nilbud - Aug 28, 2008
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  Rougetrekkers mother died because he's a dirty republican right wing fool, hah aha ha.
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