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Kidney donor messenger argues ethical path in nation’s dialysis crisis
Donald Denny, a 42 year old in Philadelphia, coordinates kidney donation for 5 hospitals under a federal grant. He emphasizes a non coercive approach, awaiting brain dead donors like a 17 year old girl, and notes 48 hour transplant windows and a national shortage that claims about 60,000 lives annually. He cites 17,000 past kidney transplants in 20 years, with 3,000 from donors and 700 from relatives, and contrasts with far fewer heart and liver transplants.
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