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11. Why Do So Many Donated Kidneys End Up in the Trash?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Sumet Mohan's Week End of Transplants

Thealsis has a survival rate that is lower than most cancers at the five year mark. Transplants are typically done the day after the organ is taken from the body. The spike and saturday and sunday transplants at sumes hospital just meant more kidneys had been harvested on friday and s Saturday. Some kidneys have problems that make them unusable for one patient, but not for another.

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