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Improving the U.S. transplant process

Season 2024 Episode 140 | 6m 55s

Nearly 115,000 people are currently waiting for a new organ. But the shortage crisis is nothing new, as 5,600 people die each year waiting for an organ. Ali Rogin spoke with Barry Friedman, the former executive director of the AdventHealth Transplant Institute, about what can be done to revamp the nation’s organ donation and transplant process.

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