A West Australian woman Claire Murray, 24 year old and mother of two, dying of liver failure, will have to meet strict selection criteria to receive a so-called live liver transplant in New Zealand as the doctors in Perth have refused to grant a second liver transplant to her.

Her first donor liver failed after she relapsed into drug addiction and for years, continued drug abuse, including heroin and amphetamines.

Stephen Munn from the Auckland City Hospital Transplant Unit stated that any patient had to meet specific criteria to be eligible.

Claire Murray has only a few months to live if she does not receive a liver transplant.

“It would be her second transplant. There were seven other people in WA who were waiting for their first liver transplant. It would be patently unfair for Ms. Murray to jump the queue for a second liver transplant. This is a complex and emotional case and the decision not to put Ms Murray back on the waiting list for a liver transplant was made by a team of experts in the field”, said Health Minister Kim Hames.

The State Government was prepared to pay for her and her father to travel to New Zealand so she could be considered for a live liver transplant, revealed sources.