As problems roiled Penn State Health’s transplant programs, unknowing patients kept hope. Then they were blindsided.
by Charlotte Keith of Spotlight PA and Wyatt Massey of Spotlight PA State College
Already sick, former patients of the failed kidney and liver transplant units face rejection and despair as they look elsewhere and grapple with the one thing they cannot afford to lose: time.
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