NYC Organ Transplant Programs Suffer At COVID-Overwhelmed Hospitals
Crain's New York Business: COVID Decimates NYC Organ Donation After Record Year
LiveOnNY, the nonprofit organ-procurement organization that oversees donation and transplantation in the greater New York area, was coming off a record year before Covid-19 struck the region. In January the organization reported that nearly 1,000 lives were saved in 2019. Now it's hoping to rebound after a devastating March and April, and adapt to new challenges for once-routine procedures. It's also trying to contend with a new reality brought on by the pandemic: less organ supply and greater demand. (Hendersen….
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