A major hospital in Pennsylvania suspended its liver transplant program last week, becoming the second medical center to take such an unusual step this month. Penn State Health Milton S. …
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Dialysis
Citizen Tribune Dialysis unit at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza destroyed in Israeli siege The World Health Organization announced on Saturday that Gaza’s largest hospital had been reduced to ashes by Israel’s latest siege…16 hours ago
by -by -Citizen Tribune Dialysis unit at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza destroyed in Israeli siege The World Health Organization announced on Saturday that Gaza’s largest hospital had been reduced to ashes …
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News
Mass patient who received pig kidney is discharged from hospital and continues recovery at home
Richard Suleiman, the world’s first living human to receive a kidney transplant from a pig, has been released from Massachusetts General Hospital and continues to recover at home. Suleiman, 62, …
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Dialysis
A pig kidney recipient who relied on dialysis before WCAX transplant was discharged from the hospital. 62 year old male. 4 days ago
by News Sourceby News SourceA pig kidney recipient who relied on dialysis before WCAX transplant was discharged from the hospital. 62 year old male. 4 days ago
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The first patient to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig has been discharged from hospital. Richard “Rick” Suleiman I received the organ in March. The world’s first …
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Richard “Rick” Suleiman of Weymouth, Massachusetts, was battling end-stage kidney disease. In a medical first, a 62-year-old man has been discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital after undergoing a successful kidney …
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The first patient to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig is doing well and was discharged from hospital on Wednesday, just two weeks after the groundbreaking surgery. …
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Lung Transplantation
California doctor with cancer receives rare lung-liver transplant at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago
by News Sourceby News SourceCHICAGO (CBS) — A California doctor battling advanced stage lung cancer is now cancer-free after surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital completed the first-ever lung and liver transplant on a cancer …
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Organ Donation
United Hospital Center Hosts Flag Raising for Donate Life Month
by John Blashkeby John Blashkebridgeport, west virginia (WDTV) – A flag-raising ceremony was held at United Hospital Center in Bridgeport to raise awareness about organ donation. April is National Donate Life Month.representative of Center …
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Lung Transplantation
Lung cancer doctor receives unprecedented liver and double lung transplant from Chicago’s Northwestern Hospital
by News Sourceby News SourceChicago — It’s an unconventional medical story. Northwestern surgeons have successfully performed a combined lung and liver transplant on a patient with advanced lung cancer. And the patient himself is …