Under the new rules, a liver must be matched with the most critical patient within 500 miles. That means a liver donated in Nashville could end up in Chicago. The intent of the change is to make organ transplants more fair nationwide, but transplant centers in the South and Midwest are fighting it.
from Kaiser Health News http://bit.ly/2VFCrSE
May 15, 2019
Rose
Health News, Kaiser Health News
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