TOLEDO, Ohio — A nurse accidentally disposed of a kidney from a living donor this month at an Ohio hospital, and doctors tried unsuccessfully for at least two hours to resuscitate the organ, health officials said.“Human error rendered the kidney un…
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Ohio Transplant Kidney Gets Thrown Away
An Ohio transplant kidney accidentally was thrown away by a nurse at the University of Toledo Medical Center. Yes, a kidney that someone was depending on actually got thrown in the trash by a medical . . .
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Nurse throws away kidney from living donor, ruins itTimes of IndiaIndiatimes|The Times of India|The Economic Times|. More. More … The kidney donated by a Toledo man to his older sister was thrown away with medical waste at the University of Toledo Me…