By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Several relatives of patients who died while awaiting a new liver say they want to know if their loved ones were wrongfully denied a transplant by a Houston doctor accused of manipulating a hospital waitlist. Officials at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center have said they are investigating after
Several relatives of patients who died while awaiting a new liver say they want to know if their loved ones were wrongfully denied a transplant by a Houston doctor accused of manipulating a hospital waitlist
DALLAS (AP) — Several relatives of patients who died while waiting for a new liver said Wednesday they want to know if their loved ones were wrongfully denied a transplant by a Houston doctor accused of manipulating the waitlist to make some patients ineligible to receive a new organ. Officials at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center […]
64-year-old Jerry Whittington was removed from the liver transplant waiting list and subsequently died in 2023, according to his family.
An increasing number of Memorial Hermann patients have died while anxiously waiting on transplant lists that could've granted them life-saving organs, according to data from the Organ Procurement Transplantation Network.
(FOX40.COM) — Amazon is ending its drone delivery program in Lockeford, California after nearly a year and a half. The Northern California city was one of two cities where the online shopping giant initiated its air delivery program in 2022. "As we look to the future and prioritize our resources to continue growing the program, []
MEDFORD, Ore. – An existing medical waste recycling programs is making its way to a Medford hospital. According to Providence, the program has recycled thousands of tons of medical waste over the past 20 years. The program is made possible by a partnership between Providence and one of its medical supply companies. Upon delivery of […]
A New Jersey woman who was near death has received a transplanted pig kidney, part of a dramatic pair of surgeries that also stabilized her failing heart. Doctors at NYU Langone Health say 54-year-old Lisa Pisano is recovering well. She is only the second patient ever to receive a pig kidney. The first, a man transplanted last month in Boston, also is faring well. Pisano was far sicker, suffering a combination of heart and kidney failure. It's the latest in a string of attempts to make...
A month ago, Richard Slayman became the first living person to receive a kidney transplant from a gene-edited pig. Now, a team of researchers from NYU Langone Health reports that Lisa Pisano, a 54-year-old woman from New Jersey, has become the second. Her new kidney has just a single genetic modification—an approach that researchers hope…
HOUSTON COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) –Around 30-million children in the Untied States rely on free or reduced meals at school for at least one meal a day, so when schools’ out, those students are missing meals. I sat down with Meredith Potter from the Houston County School District about how they are implementing, the summer meal program, and are asking local
Houston-based family dining chain Adair Kitchen will make its San Antonio debut this fall, taking over a recently shuttered Jim’s Restaurants location on Broadway, the Express-News reports. Last week, the owners of the two-restaurant chain purchased the former Jim's diner at 4108 Broadway for an undisclosed amount, President Nick Adair told the daily. After renovations, the 4,000-square-foot property at 4108 Broadway will reopen as the Alamo...
By the time Breanna Van Watteghem turned five years old, her kidneys had already started to fail. It began with the cloudy urine her parents would find in the toilet whenever she forgot to flush. That was followed later by recurring urinary tract infections, then persistent lower back pain beginning at the age of 11. […]