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Actually, there a many cases where someone can be denied treatment due to fault. My uncle needed a liver transplant and they just said no - he poisoned his first one with alcohol, he doesn't deserve a second one. In fact every time he was in hospital for an alcohol related issue they did the bare minimum because they knew he would be back tomorrow with another problem since he spent every waking minute drinking.
Alcoholics can get a liver transplant if they are sober for the required amount of time (six months?). This is to minimize the chance of the donor organ being wasted, since they are in short supply.