A Final Gift: Inside America's Organ Transplant System

A Final Gift: Inside America's Organ Transplant System

In the United States more than 100,000 people are currently waiting on lifesaving organ transplants. And while transplants and recoveries have reached record highs in recent years, so has the number of organs going to waste. One in five donated organs were discarded last year. CBS News followed 31-year-old organ donor Mitch Potter as his family copes with loss while doctors try to ensure that his ultimate gift can be utilized to save others.

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Kidney Transplant Brings New Normal for Gibsonia Woman

DUBOIS, Pa. (EYT) — After more than two years of battling kidney disease and enduring hours of outpatient dialysis, Lisa Lane received a life-saving kidney transplant last fall, marking a major turning point in her health and daily life. Lane, of Gibsonia, was diagnosed with lupus nephritis in 2021, a condition she hadn’t realized she had until her white blood cell count dropped dramatically. She spent 21 days in the hospital before starting out…

IMSS specialists in Sinaloa successfully performed a double kidney transplant at Regional General Hospital No. 1 in Culiacán, benefiting two patients with chronic renal failure. Miracle in Sinaloa! The operation was successfully performed thanks to the altruistic donation of a family in Colima. This procedure represents a significant improvement in the quality of life of the recipients and reflects the importance of organ donation in Mexico. Dou…

At the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Sinaloa, a multidisciplinary team successfully carried out a double kidney transplant with the aim of improving the quality of life of two people, one of 52 and the other of 57 years, who suffer from kidney failure. The transplant was carried out at the Regional General Hospital (HGR) No. 1, in Culiacán, and was made possible thanks to the decision of a family in Colima, who, amid the loss of th…