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Denise McGaughran poses with her son Dillan, who underwent a heart transplant last year.
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CATASAUQUA, Pa. Dillan McGaughran is longing for the first signs of spring, when he can put on his catcher’s mitt and start playing baseball again, enjoying the fresh air and the crack of the bat as it sends the ball soaring over the fields at Catasauqua Park, where the 12-year-old plays with his dad and five brothers.
McGaughran’s heart was always in the game, but because of a condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, he hasn’t always been able to play. This year will be different for the Catasauqua Middle School student who, in June in the midst of the pandemic received a heart transplant from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
Iowa Methodist Transplant Center completes record 125 kidney transplants in 2020 Monday, January 25, 2021 3:24 PM
UnityPoint Health s Iowa Methodist Transplant Center completed a record 125 life-saving kidney transplants in 2020, the health system announced. The number of transplants conducted last year was the highest since the program’s inception more than 30 years ago, and double the number of transplants from three years ago. The Iowa Methodist Transplant Center reached another milestone in August 2020 with its 1,000th kidney transplant surgery. “With the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy, many transplant programs across the nation struggled,” said Dr. Tamer Malik, a surgeon with the Iowa Methodist Transplant Center. “However, with unwavering determination and innovative teamwork, the UnityPoint Health – Iowa Methodist transplant team was able to rise above this seemingly insurmountable challenge, performing the largest number o
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