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By Victor Omondi
Dana Smith, 37, from Queens, New York, developed a serious life-threatening liver infection just weeks after receiving her nose ring piercing.
The nose piercing was an idea she fondled for years. When her friend mentioned last Thanksgiving that she would get one, she decided it was time. Smith said the procedure went on smoothly and had no concern about the piercing studio, the staff or the hygiene levels. She said that after the procedure, she did not experience any signs of infection.
“I didn’t have any irritation, no redness anything,” she said. “I didn’t have any issues with the actual piercing itself.”
SALT LAKE CITY At 11, Sam Hoopes began taking medication for a stomach condition.
He didn t realize then what it would lead to today, nor did he understand the number of lives it would impact.
Hoopes was the first of many successful live liver transplants performed by doctors at Intermountain Healthcare after hospitals opened back up for surgeries after COVID-19 shut down hospitals last spring. The conditions of the pandemic actually created an environment in which the organ transplant program thrived.
Intermountain reported a record 222 adult patient abdominal organ transplants in 2020, far surpassing the 186 transplants the year before, which was also a record.