Eight organs transplanted in 48 hours

Surgeons at Israel’s Beilinson hospital in Petah Tikva set an Israeli record when in 48 hours they transplanted 4 lungs and 4 livers into 7 patients. One of the liver transplants included surgery to shorten the stomach – only the eighth such operation in the world.

http://www.jpost.com/Business-and-Innovation/Health-and-Science/Beilinson-sets-record-with-eight-major-organ-transplants-441850

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