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Trump's order for more action on kidney disease may shrink organ transplant waitlists

  • Written by Amit Tevar, Associate Professor of Surgery; Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program, Starzl Transplant Institute, University of Pittsburgh

Every year, thousands of Americans with kidney failure who could benefit from life-saving transplants can’t get the organs they need.

A record number of people are dying while waiting for an organ to become available that might have saved their lives. An executive order President Donald Trump signed on July 10, 2019 could help some of them.

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