Organ Donation Nonprofits Face New Scrutiny Under Trump Administration Rules
Organ transplants are not as simple as someone dies somewhere, and then someone else — like John Caso of Johnson City, Tenn. — gets a new heart. As Caso learned, surprising twists and turns in the system can throw you for a loop. "You never expect to get the call that says, 'We have an organ, but...'" Caso says. It was 2004 when he got that call, not long after he'd been added to the waiting list for a new heart. The hitch in this case: The donor heart they were calling about was coming from a person who had traded sex for drugs. Doctors couldn't guarantee that there wouldn't be infectio...
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