Back in August it was reported that a kidney removed from a Toledo man, who was donating it to his older sister, somehow got thrown away with the medical waste by a nurse. What was touted as a rare mistake, caused the University of Toledo Medical Center (UTMC) to voluntarily suspended its live kidney transplant […] [MORE]
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Nurse accidently throws away healthy kidney?
by Renee Cocchi August 31, 2012
Fact or fiction? A perfectly healthy kidney was thrown away during a transplant procedure earlier this month.
Hospital offers apology, but still no kidney, after transplant was denied
by healthcarebus February 17, 2012
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has released a statement apologizing to the family of a three-year old on whom it refused to perform a kidney transplant.
Kidney transplant criteria may be slanted in favor of younger patients
by healthcarebus February 23, 2011
The organization that oversees donated organ allocation is considering the largest overhaul of the system in a quarter of a century.
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