kidneys

First Israel-UAE 34-way kidney exchange

  •   3 women receive kidneys in Israel-UAE organ exchange, 1st with Arab state
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    ​By NATHAN JEFFAY - Times of Israel
    28 July 2021, 2:41 pm  

    "At 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, doctors at Sheba Medical Center removed a kidney from Shani Markowitz, 39. ... Meanwhile, a woman in Abu Dhabi underwent surgery and her kidney is en route to Israel, for a woman at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa. The husband of the Rambam patient is giving a kidney to Markowitz’s mother, via a surgery at Rabin Medical Center. And Markowitz’s kidney has gone to the mother of the Abu Dhabi donor.

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