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everything 6000 people a year die waiting for trans plants. 70 deaths have been reported due to system failures from 2010 to 2020. that's, according to a senate finance committee report that was done last year. that report was scathing. rarely have i seen a report that was so critical. let's take a look at what they said they said from the top down. the us transplant network is not working. putting americans lives at risks the you know this information technology system is outdated, mismanaged and insecure. the report went on to say that technology is quote , decrepit and that they see no apparent solution in sight. so we reached out to, you know, to see what they think about this, and here's what they said. they said, you know, supports hearses , which is a part of hhs hearses plan to introduce additional reforms into the nation's organ donation and transplantation system. we also stand united with her so in our shared goal to get as many donor organs as possible to the patients in need, while increasing
nation's organ donation and transplant system. we also stand united with her so in our shared goal to get as many donor organs as possible to the patients in need, while increasing accountability, transparency and over site, jake. what changes can americans right now awaiting organ transplants? what can they expect? well hopefully they can expect a system that runs better if someone other than or in addition to eunice also joins in and running the show, and there are a couple of other specifics that the bio administration pointed out today. they said that they want to have a better online dashboard for patients, in other words, when they're going in, and sort of considering what's about to happen, they need to have the data at their fingertips, and there needs to be more data transparency and also that i t system as you can imagine matching up organ ends with patients. a lot of technology needs to get better. jake elizabeth cohen, thank you so much. you can follow me on
jackets. don't egg him on. you know who really thirsty? the squeaky fellow. key keep waiting for him to doll to show where trump touch odd him. . then there is lady. man is she cold. in d.c. when they deliver donor organs on to hospital they placed them under her arm pits. that's cold. and of course there an i bet ate worms to impress people in grade school can fight climate change. to hearing last night did you watch it? me either. i watched celebrity edition of chalk. i saw took key loss a nose it ring. but know would have a life. unlike them. so here is recap of the hearing. >> true while you were making
>> but you know who's reallyll ythirsty? >>ky this weepy fella.y i keep waiting for him to pull out a doll to show where trump touched him. en >> but then there's this lady. >> man is is she called in dc when they deliver donor organs to the hospital , they place them under her armpit. >> now, that's cold. and of course, there's the super super thirsty. i bet they eat worms to impress people in grade school and to fight climate change. to hence that primetime jam d six hearing last night did you watch it? and me either i watch the celebrity edition chopped up. i saw snooki lose the nose ring and her bouillabaisse. un >> but no, you have a life unlike them. so here's a recap of the hearing hyphy through while
our health correspondent sharon barbour went to meet some of the families awaiting donor organs — including one couple who have experienced both sides of this process. we will bring you that may point a little later on. the time is 6:20am. let's look at some of the front pages. many of the papers... i will hold up the first of all the daily mail. this is first on the mirror, the front page. calls for the police to act over that martin bashir�*s a panoramic interview with princess diana, calls from her brother. the daily telegraph reports and comments made by rishi sunak saying he does not plan on reducing taxes before next year over fears it would fuel higher inflation stocking up the
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breakthrough heart transplant. on friday, doctors transplanted a genetically modified pig heart into the man who had terminal heart disease. >> this could help solve the shortage of donor organs in the u.s. let's bring in cnn medical correspondent, elizabeth cohn. this is a medical breakthrough with major implications so what could this mean for the future? >> alisyn, if this works, if this man lives and lives a healthy life for any period of time, really, or for more than just a few days or weeks or months, this could be a game changer. if it doesn't work, it might not end up meaning very much. so everyone agrees here, his doctor, he agrees, this was not anyone's first choice. no one wanted to do a pig heart plant. he didn't qualify for a human heart or for an artificial heart pump, so he said this was his only choice, this was all he could do. it was this or death. that's david bennett, a 57-year-old man from maryland. now the video of the surgery
only about 40,000 people actually get an organ transplant every year. there's great demand for donor organs, kidneys, hearts, livers. this is sort of proof of concept, at least the initial steps towards proving, that you can modify an animal's organs to make it suitable for transplantation in a human. it is really a remarkable engineering, bioengineering feat. >> how? modify how? explain that in terms that i can understand. >> so -- right. so in order for a zdeno transplant, a transplant from a non-human source to a human to work, you have to overcome acute rejection, which can happen right in the operating room, when as soon as the organ sees blood, the recipient basically identifies it as foreign and immediately rejects the organ. to do that, you actually have to
can give that reassurance. i know that donor organs and in doing her work looks at cases from wales as well. —— donna ockenden in doing her work. well. -- donna ockenden in doing her work. . , well. -- donna ockenden in doing her work. ., , ., ., ., ,, work. can i first of all thank the secretary _ work. can i first of all thank the secretary of _ work. can i first of all thank the secretary of state _ work. can i first of all thank the secretary of state for _ work. can i first of all thank the secretary of state for his - work. can i first of all thank the - secretary of state for his statement and for his obvious compassion he has for all those involved and his support of the ockenden report. i put on record my sympathy to all of those parents who still grieve their laws and to whom no report will ever soothe the pain. will the secretary of state can —— confirm that this report will be made available to all hospital trusts across the united kingdom, including northern ireland to ensure lessons learned and 80 for recommendations of the report can be understood and can be emplaced