26 Operations-13 kidneys

This was in todays newspaper. It is one inspiringly hopeful story!

26 operations, 13 kidneys: hope to few with little




By LAURAN NEERGAARD

AP Medical Writer





Published: Monday, December 14, 2009 at 3:17 a.m.

Last Modified: Monday, December 14, 2009 at 3:17 a.m.

WASHINGTON - Twenty-six operations put healthy kidneys into 13 desperately ill people: Doctors in the nation's capital just performed a record-setting kidney swap, part of a pioneering effort to expand transplants to patients who too often never qualify.
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