Disposal of kidney at Ohio hospital 'baffling'
A Texas transplant surgeon hired to evaluate the kidney transplant program at the University of Toledo Medical Center says the accidental disposal of a viable kidney by a nurse was a "baffling" act.
A Texas transplant surgeon hired to evaluate the kidney transplant program at the University of Toledo Medical Center says the accidental disposal of a viable kidney by a nurse was a "baffling" act.
Cortney Reid, 19, of Gilmer, has endured health problems her entire life. As a baby, she was diagnosed with focal sclerosing glomerulosclerosis, which caused scar tissue to build up in her kidneys. Doctors now say a kidney transplant is critical to her…
A nurse who accidentally disposed of a living donor's kidney during a transplant said she didn't realize it was in the chilled, protective slush she disposed of.
The family of a Bronx mom who tragically died on a Monterfiore Medical Center operating table while trying to donate a kidney to her beloved brother reached a unusually quick legal settlement with the hospital today. The amount of money that 41-year-ol…
GILMER — Courtney Reid is hoping for an early Christmas present from her older sister, Casey Reid.
Report details man's botched kidney transplant to sister at University of Toledo Medical Center in August
Ohio nurse didn't realize she took, discarded kidney in slush during transplant, report says
A nurse who accidentally disposed of a living donor's kidney during a transplant said she didn't realize it was in chilled, protective slush that she removed from an operating room, took down a hall to a dirty utility room and "flushed dow…
GILMER — Courtney Reid is hoping for an early Christmas present from her older sister, Casey Reid.
Ohio nurse didn't realize she took, discarded kidney in slush during transplant, report says