OPTN was established by NOTA in 1984 as a membership organization to manage the US deceased organ transplant system. Living donors weren’t part of the equation until 2006 when UNOS’ Executive Director Walter Graham asked the Secretary of Health to allow OPTN to develop policies on living donation as well. OPTN is considered a Public …
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Official Report of Toledo’s Thrown Away Living Donor Kidney
Read the full report here. The following are excerpts from the report. Any and all emphasis is mine. The clinical record review revealed Patient #9 was admitted to the facility on 08/10/12 with a diagnosis of kidney donation. A pre-operative progress note dated 08/10/12 stated the planned procedure was a right laproscopic donor nephrectomy. A review of the operative report …
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Living Kidney Donors Still Can’t Obtain Health Insurance
The NY Times blog took some time to present yet another way we living living donors are being screwed by our own generosity: some of us can’t get health insurance. (Read the article here) What’s sad is that this problem isn’t new. NATCO (the self-proclaimed ‘organization for transplant offiicials’) issued a statement in May …
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‘Significant’ Problems at Hackensack University’s Kidney Transplant Program
The federal government found 28 “significant” deficiencies in the kidney transplant program at Hackensack University Medical Center before the hospital agreed to suspend it temporarily next month for an overhaul, according to Medicare documents. Hackensack was threatened with closure LAST YEAR. Why was the public not informed of these deficiencies when they were found …
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How to Report Your Living Donor Issues
Contrary to popular media perception, not all living kidney or liver donors skip merrily off into the sunset. Some end up dead, maimed or emotionally damaged. The question then becomes: what does a living donor who believes s/he has been mistreated, coerced, manipulated, lied to, betrayed or abandoned do? Obviously, one can consult a lawyer, …
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