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WCTF.org Transplant News

Transplant news, links, and other general medical news -- updated regularly.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

State's chief medical officer gets liver transplant from friend (Lincoln Journal Star)

State's chief medical officer gets liver transplant from friend (Lincoln Journal Star)
The first thing Dr. Joann Schaefer wanted to know when she awoke from her liver transplant surgery Monday night was how the donor was doing.

posted by Transplant News # 9:15 PM

Transcript: Pilots struggled to stabilize plane before crash that killed organ transplant team (Arizona Daily Star)

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Two pilots struggled frantically to stabilize their plane in the moments before a crash last year that killed both men and a four-member organ transplant team, according to a transcript of a flight recording. [read more]

posted by Transplant News # 5:15 PM

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Lung transplant

Definition Return to top. Lung transplant is surgery to replace one or both diseased lungs with healthy lungs from a human donor. Description Return to top [read more]

posted by Transplant News # 1:15 PM

Kidney exchange: tragic end for one (HT via Yahoo! India News)

THE DONOR exchange kidney transplant operation involving a Hindu and Muslim family of Orissa met a tragic end when one of the organ recipients died due to a fatal fungal infection at a Kolkata hospital on Sunday. [read more]

posted by Transplant News # 9:15 AM

Thompson stresses need for organ donor awareness (La Crosse Tribune)

As Wisconsin governor, Tommy Thompson talked to a transplant surgeon who was saddened by the loss of a patient because no organ had been available in time. [more]

posted by Transplant News # 5:15 AM

White, transplant survivor's mother unveil organ donor TV ads (The Pantagraph)

White, transplant survivor's mother unveil organ donor TV ads (The Pantagraph)
SPRINGFIELD -- Secretary of State Jesse White and the mother of a Normal organ transplant survivor unveiled two television advertisements for the state’s new organ and tissue donation program Tuesday.

posted by Transplant News # 12:15 AM