Pandemic created optimal conditions for Utah organ transplant patients
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, ...
Source: ksl.com
