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  • May 2008

    • NYC Plans Organ-Recovery Ambulance

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 24, 08 10:45 AM CDT

      NYC Plans Organ-Recovery Ambulance

      New York City is planning a “rapid-organ-recovery ambulance” that would collect the bodies of victims of sudden deaths to be used for organ transplants, hoping to ease a pressing need for donors, the Washington Post reports. But the idea has sparked controversy among health and bioethics experts, concerned over what it might mean for the role of emergency health care. More »

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      New York City  • health care  • organ transplants  • organ donations

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Transplant List Called Misleading

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Mar 22, 08 2:16 PM CDT

      Transplant List Called Misleading

      Thousands of patients on a national list for organ transplants are actually ineligible to receive them, the Washington Post reports. One third of the 98,000 patients on the United Network for Organ Sharing list are either too sick or too healthy to get a new organ. Critics say including these "inactive" patients on the list is "deceptive" and "dishonest." More »

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