Reznor Helps Transplant Patient

Posted by Miss Cellania in Medicine, Music on May 28, 2009 at 9:15 am


Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails is doing something special during the band’s final tour. By offering special concert packages and encouraging donations, they have raised over $850,000 to help Eric De La Cruz get heart transplant.

De La Cruz was turned down from transplant lists because of the lack of transplant centers in Nevada. Reznor became aware of his situation after De La Cruz’s sister, former CNN.com news anchor Veronica De La Cruz, began a fundraising campaign on her website. The campaign is as much to raise money for Eric as it is to raise awareness of Nevada’s limited transplant opportunities, and to petition Senator Harry Reid and other Congress members for improved legislation.

Link to story. Link to donation information. -via reddit


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10 comments to "Reznor Helps Transplant Patient"

  1. Gauldar
    May 28th, 2009 at 9:35 am

    Lucky him to have friends in high places, many don't have that same luxury.

  2. Iru
    May 28th, 2009 at 10:21 am

    is this for real? If you dont have a lot of money you dont get a transplant if you need it there?

  3. Miss Cellania
    May 28th, 2009 at 10:33 am

    Iru, medical decisions in the US are often made by insurance companies based on expense. Some companies will cover it, but they are all looking to contain costs. De La Cruz is a Medicaid (public insurance) patient because he was rejected by private insurance companies due to a pre-existing condition.

  4. VonSkippy
    May 28th, 2009 at 1:22 pm

    Ya just know the RIAA hates this - all that money and they're not getting their cut. There must be somebody they can sue over this.

  5. SenorMysterioso
    May 28th, 2009 at 2:08 pm

    Good for him but why is this news?

  6. Mae
    May 28th, 2009 at 5:16 pm

    funny thing is that Reznor probably could have paid for the transplant in full without any fund raising. It'd be more newsworthy if Reznor had done that.

  7. NicoNicoNico
    May 28th, 2009 at 5:35 pm

    They were doing some major marketing on Twitter. Several times a day, I'd get #eric hashtags all over the place. Glad something came out of it.

  8. Iru
    May 29th, 2009 at 1:32 am

    Thank you for explaining Miss cellania. Its only im not used to this: here they base the priority of transplants on medical reasons, not economical.
    Awful system, if i may say so.

  9. BlueIce
    May 30th, 2009 at 9:22 pm

    Here in the US, even if you have lots of $$ it does not guarantee a heart transplant. There is a Transplant Board for ALL transplants that approves transplants based upon donor match, age, health of recipient, other life-threatening disorders, risk for postoperative complications, etc. These factors come BEFORE cost of transplants. A doctor and hospital will NOT do a transplant unless success is most likely. After reading about this patient Eric, it is unlikely he will receive a transplant due to his health being too far gone. So, this fund raising drive is very self serving first to Reznor and second to the patient's family. What happens to the funds if he dies before or immediately after a transplant? That is the BIG question.

  10. a no no, miss
    June 1st, 2009 at 12:06 am

    call me a cynic, but I can't help but think so many people who have continually tweeted and blogged the eric story are simply riding a publicity bandwagon. don't get me wrong, I think it is amazing that people were able to come together to save a life (potentially), but, it really seemed as though many twits were rather self-serving in their involvement. :(


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