I wasn't aware that tissue typing is part of a regular checkup.
I'll humor you though. I wouldn't run the risk of cutting him open, regardless if his records say he has no relatives. It's highly unlikely that he is completely cut off from society, so someone will come looking for him eventually. That, and there is no guarantee that the patients' bodies will accept the transplant even if the man's organs were a match. How unfortunate it would be to have multiple dead patients and a dead backpacker to deal with?
They would be better off with magic, honestly. I don't know about your definition of magic, but it most certainly can save patients with organ failure.
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I wasn't aware that tissue typing is part of a regular checkup.
I'll humor you though. I wouldn't run the risk of cutting him open, regardless if his records say he has no relatives. It's highly unlikely that he is completely cut off from society, so someone will come looking for him eventually. That, and there is no guarantee that the patients' bodies will accept the transplant even if the man's organs were a match. How unfortunate it would be to have multiple dead patients and a dead backpacker to deal with?
They would be better off with magic, honestly. I don't know about your definition of magic, but it most certainly can save patients with organ failure.
[...what a doctor, amirite.]