Why do we still use natural heart transplants while there are artificial hearts?
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Firstly we need to understand the fact that there is nothing made by man (artificial products) which can ever be best than natural product. The fact is that most artificial things were gotten from some natural product in terms of processing, production and design.
I will have to quote some of your comments regarding the question you asked to ensure proper understanding of my answer. You made the below statement;
" Of course a normal heart is going to be more expensive than artificial hearts. I mean for normal hearts, we have to find someone who has been recently deceased person, who is ok with having his organs used by others and is compatible to the patient. if that is not available a donor is needed which according to logic would lead the donor to sacrifice his life to save the patient."
Everyone knows normal heart is actually very expensive to get as it deals with the lives of some people at stake. This is sometimes why most hospitals sometimes make use of a dead person's heart provided the period of death of the deceased is compatible with the prescribed number of time required for the heart to function in another person's body. This has also brought fortune to some family members as they agree to sell the heart of their fresh decease family member at a very huge amount of price since it is a matter of life and death for the other person.
Looking at it from the other side, artificial heart can never be compared natural heart because it is sometimes a game of risk. Some people are actually scared about what may happen later in the future if they utilize such heart. There are even times whereby the doctor may want to place such people using artificial heart on an unfavorable condition when it comes to eating, drinking or doing some other activities and this set of conditions is less considered for natural heart unlike artificial hearts.
In conclusion, I am still on the belief that artificial things can never surpass natural things because some artificial things tend to have their repercussions after using them most especially when it comes to the health or life of humans. It is also important we live a healthy life and take good care of our body system to avoid such health problems.
Thanks for reading and I hope this helps.