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VIRTUALISATION Hospital confirms Jobs liver transplant
VIRTUALISATION Hospital confirms Jobs liver transplant | Hospital confirms Jobs liver transplant |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Wednesday, 24 June 2009 | |
  
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According to Methodist Healthcare, the transplant was carried out at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute in partnership with the University of Tennessee in Memphis. "Mr. Jobs underwent a complete transplant evaluation and was listed for transplantation for an approved indication in accordance with the Transplant Institute policies and United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) policies," the statement read. "He received a liver transplant because he was the patient with the highest MELD score (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease) of his blood type and, therefore, the sickest patient on the waiting list at the time a donor organ became available. Mr. Jobs is now recovering well and has an excellent prognosis. "The Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute performed 120 liver transplants in 2008 making it one of the ten largest liver transplant centers in the United States. We provide transplants to patients regardless of race, sex, age, financial status, or place of residence. Our one year patient and graft survival rates are among the best in the nation and were a dominant reason in Mr. Jobs’s choice of transplant centers." There have been suggestions that Jobs may have registered with more than one organ procurement organisation in order to improve his chances of being matched with a replacement liver. This practice is not an option for most people, as health insurance policies typically meet only one set of costs associated with joining a transplant register. Someone who is wealthy enough can afford the additional consultations necessary to register with multiple procurement organisations. It isn't a case of paying to jump the queue, but rather having the money to join multiple queues. As far as iTWire is aware, none of the suggestions were backed by evidence that Jobs was registered with more than one organisation. |
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