Jeffrey over at Transplant Alliance called the online community’s attention to a beautiful Web site called ellasliver.com. Ella Watson is a 25-year-old artist who somehow, remarkably, managed to survive biliary artesia as an infant and live relatively complication-free until she was 24. She now needs a liver transplant, and her family and friends are considering [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Donors in the news’
The curious case of the conditional kidney
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Donors in the news, Transplant ethics on January 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Sigh. There is so much hurt in the world — people suffering on organ waiting lists, people suffering from anger and resentment, people who are not at peace with themselves, their world, their gifts. Dr. Richard Batista, irritated by four years of divorce proceedings following his wife’s extramarital affair, is telling her now that he [...]
The Marcos/UPMC aftermath
Posted in Health, Living organ donation, Organ donation, tagged Donors in the news, Living organ donation, Organ donation, Organ transplant ethics, Organ transplants, Spread the word, Transplantation ethics on November 26, 2008 | 15 Comments »
After digesting the Wall Street Journal’s 2,500-word opus on the breaking scandal at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s renown transplant center, my emotions are stirring violently this evening. “Disappointed” is an understatement. “Shocked” is an overstatement. ”Angry,” “betrayed,” “saddened,” “curious,” and “determined” all come to mind, but none alone fits.
More than anything, I feel protective. [...]
UPMC’s transplant program ethics laid bare in the WSJ
Posted in Health, Living organ donation, Organ donation, tagged Donors in the news, Living organ donation, Organ donation, Organ transplants, Spread the word, Transplantation ethics on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m rushed for time tonight but wanted to link to this important Wall Street Journal article as quickly as possible — the content will be available to non-subscribers only for a limited time, so act quickly if you want to reach it.
This high-profile story discusses questionable ethics of leadership at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s [...]
The couple that transplants together, stays together!
Posted in Health, Living organ donation, Organ donation, tagged Donors in the news, Living organ donation, Statistics on October 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In addition to this October 27 newspaper column being a fun read about a married couple who now share the bond of a successful living donor kidney transplant, it contained a fact that struck me as very interesting:
Spouses make up about 15 percent of living donors for kidney transplants at Legacy Good Samaritan, according to [...]
Kidney donation chain makes “big” news in the Wall Street Journal
Posted in Health, Living organ donation, Organ donation, tagged Donors in the news, Living organ donation, Paired donation, Paired exchanges, Transplant innovations on September 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A basic Google search of the daily news will typically yield at least one story a day about living organ donation, often in small, community newspapers that still devote ample “ink” to telling stories about the humanity that surrounds them. (The daily appearance of these stories isn’t surprising, given that there are roughly 17 living donor kidney transplants a day [...]
