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| Subject: Private sector: Kidney donors begin 1st intercontinental organ exchange Fri Jun 01, 2012 8:48 pm | |
| A 31-year-old Oklahoma woman helped make medical history and started a chain of "paying it forward" when she decided to donate her kidney to a stranger halfway around the world, a man in Athens, Greece, officials announced Friday.
Elizabeth Gay was the history-making donor, and Michalis Helmis was the recipient. His wife, Dora Papaioannou-Helmis, in return donated one of her kidneys to a patient in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
The announcement of the first intercontinental organ exchange was made at a news conference held at the Greek Embassy in Washington.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/01/us/intercontinental-organ-exchange/index.html |
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