Cypriot girl gets kidney through ‘domino transplant’

Cypriot girl gets kidney through ‘domino transplant’

A Cypriot family, a Jewish volunteer donor and two Arab couples living in Israel were recently linked through a domino effect transplant system involving a chain of donors that saved four lives. The procedure that lasted over 12 hours saved four people, who are all well and have already been discharged. The 16-year-old girl received […]

Cypriot teenager at heart of rare four-way kidney transplant chain linking Jewish, Muslim and Christian families in IsraelBy Mike Miller

A 16-year-old girl from Cyprus has become the starting point of a remarkable chain of kidney transplants that brought together a Jewish volunteer donor, her own Cypriot family, and two Arab-Israeli couples, ultimately saving four lives. According to CyBC, the marathon operation, which lasted more than 12 hours, involved four donors and four recipients — spanning Christian, Muslim and Jewish backgrounds — undergoing surgery in succession. All eig…