Searching For A Fairer Way To Distribute Donor Livers

(By Rob Stein for NPR)

Himanshu Patel ran a convenience store in Georgia until about a year ago, when his liver failure got so bad he had to quit.

“I just couldn’t stand up on my feet at all,” says Patel, 39, of Waycross, Ga. “I just had to stop working.”

Now, he’s waiting anxiously to learn if his doctors have found a liver for him so he can undergo a transplant. Continue reading article here…

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