WENY Independent Dialysis Group Needs Permit to Complete Works to Open Wellsboro Facility The closest dialysis center to people in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, closed about seven months ago. However, in …
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Dialysis
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Heart Transplantation
Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind employee returns to work after heart transplant
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Students at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind in Oakland got emotional on Wednesday as they welcomed a longtime staff member back after a lengthy absence …
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Penn State Health announced Tuesday that it would close its kidney and liver transplant program at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Earlier this month, the health department suspended its liver …
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HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) – The Penn State Department of Health is voluntarily suspending its liver transplant program. The decision is to enable the Center to undergo performance review by government …
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Penn State Health announced Monday that it has voluntarily suspended its liver transplant program at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center pending a performance review by representatives of the Organ Sharing …
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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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(WHTM) – Two Pennsylvania lawmakers want to provide tax incentives to living organ donors. State Sens. Lindsey Williams (D-Allegheny) and Linda Schlegel Culver (R-Columbia, Lucerne, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder) said: invoice …
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Organ Donation
Priest at St. Ephrem Catholic Church finds kidney donor through parish relations in Bensalem, Pennsylvania
by SOCIETYby SOCIETYBENSALEM, Pa. (WPVI) — Father Tim O’Sullivan first came to St. Ephrem Catholic Church in Bensalem in 2001 and feels very at home there. However, starting in 2017, he suffered …
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Lung Transplantation
Suspected Legionella infections from one donor to two lung transplant recipients — Pennsylvania, May 2022
by News Sourceby News Sourcediscussion legionella bacteria Bacteria are naturally found in freshwater environments and can survive under a wide range of environmental conditions, typically growing best in warm water between 77°F and 113°F …