October 11, 2008
Fact Finders
Dangers of Organ Transplant Donation
We all hope we never need one, but nearly 100,000 Americans are right now waiting for organ transplants to save their lives.
A recent case on Long Island involving four organs taken from a dead, 15 year old boy, has sent shock waves through the organ donation community.
It turned out the boy had died of a very rare cancer that affects only about a 1,000 people a year, in a population of 300 million. The cancer was unwittingly transplanted into 4 recipients, one who recently sat down and spoke to the CW11.
Mary Murphy has more in a Fact Finders investigation:
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