Sitarro
11-13-2007, 12:54 PM
Unfortunately, you now have AIDS..........thanks for playing.
How much would this suck?
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/hiv.organ.transplant.2.566288.html
Organ Recipients Infected With HIV
First Time HIV Has Been Spread In Organ Transplants Since 1985
CHICAGO (CBS) ? As many as four Chicago area organ transplant recipients have contracted AIDS-causing HIV from an infected donor.
As CBS 2's Kristyn Hartman reports, this is the first transmission of HIV as a result of tainted organ transplants since 1985.
The Elmhurst-based Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor network is lined with pictures of people who live today because of some kind of organ transplant.
"Our mission is to save and enhance the lives of as many people as possible," said Gift of Hope Vice President of Operations Alison Smith.
But not every case is a success story. Smith said the organization recently learned that four organ recipients at Rush University Medical Center, the University of Chicago Hospitals, and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, contracted HIV hepatitis C from a donor.
The four patients infected patients did not learn of their status until the last two weeks, according to medical officials.
"We are extremely distraught over this," Smith said.
The donor was tested to rule out the presence of any transmissible disease. Tests for HIV, hepatitis and other conditions came back negative, possibly because the donor had acquired the infections in the last three weeks before death, or because the tests might not have picked up the diseases.
"Those tests are not infallible," Smith said. "There are limitations to those tests."
Personal details about the donor were not released by medical officials, who cited privacy laws. But the donor was described as someone in a high-risk
The transplants occurred in January at three Chicago hospitals, but the person who gave the gift of life in this case had been determined on a screening questionnaire to be in a high-risk behavior category. Smith said across the country, about 9 percent of all donors fall into that group.
How much would this suck?
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/hiv.organ.transplant.2.566288.html
Organ Recipients Infected With HIV
First Time HIV Has Been Spread In Organ Transplants Since 1985
CHICAGO (CBS) ? As many as four Chicago area organ transplant recipients have contracted AIDS-causing HIV from an infected donor.
As CBS 2's Kristyn Hartman reports, this is the first transmission of HIV as a result of tainted organ transplants since 1985.
The Elmhurst-based Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor network is lined with pictures of people who live today because of some kind of organ transplant.
"Our mission is to save and enhance the lives of as many people as possible," said Gift of Hope Vice President of Operations Alison Smith.
But not every case is a success story. Smith said the organization recently learned that four organ recipients at Rush University Medical Center, the University of Chicago Hospitals, and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, contracted HIV hepatitis C from a donor.
The four patients infected patients did not learn of their status until the last two weeks, according to medical officials.
"We are extremely distraught over this," Smith said.
The donor was tested to rule out the presence of any transmissible disease. Tests for HIV, hepatitis and other conditions came back negative, possibly because the donor had acquired the infections in the last three weeks before death, or because the tests might not have picked up the diseases.
"Those tests are not infallible," Smith said. "There are limitations to those tests."
Personal details about the donor were not released by medical officials, who cited privacy laws. But the donor was described as someone in a high-risk
The transplants occurred in January at three Chicago hospitals, but the person who gave the gift of life in this case had been determined on a screening questionnaire to be in a high-risk behavior category. Smith said across the country, about 9 percent of all donors fall into that group.