CHICAGO (CBS)-- When our world came to a standstill last year, so did organ donations. People were staying home and out of harm's way, but as the country reopened, tragedy that struck for one family ...
When a human heart was left behind by mistake on a Southwest Airlines plane in 2018, transplant officials downplayed the incident. They emphasized that the organ was used for valves and tissues, not ...
As I was getting ready to perform a kidney transplant from a deceased donor on a recent Saturday afternoon, my phone rang. When I saw the ID for the organ allocation coordinator, I knew immediately ...
The scene at OneLegacy in Azusa on a recent Friday morning would have been familiar to anyone who’s been in a hospital intensive care unit. Three adults were tucked into hospital beds, still and ...
When the phone rings at LiveOnNY, death turns to opportunity. The organisation fields calls from 100 or so hospitals in and around New York City about every dead or dying person on a ventilator: ...
ATLANTA (InvestigateTV) — One in five organs donated in the United States are never transplanted, despite more than 100,000 Americans waiting for life-saving organ transplants, our investigation ...
In the spotlight at the Grammy Awards, Bonnie Raitt accepted her song of the year award for “Just Like That” by turning the spotlight on the modern miracle of organ donation and transplant. Her song ...