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My father was on a kidney waiting list for a little over a year. His physician told him that if they were to learn that he had even one alcoholic drink while he was on the list, he'd be moved to the end (he had no history of alcohol misuse, this was just kidney donor boilerplate). So it would appear that lifestyle factors can figure into these medical decisions, although it's not a moral judgment.


Alcohol drinking affects the liver. So this is relevant for the success of kidney transplants and not a "drinking alcohol is bad" reason.




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