Hawaii organ transplant facility funding approved

MSN | Associate Press Business News | Treena Shapiro

Honolulu (AP) - A legislative conference committee wasted no time advancing a bill Monday that funds a kidney and liver transplant facility in Hawaii.

The state hasn't had a Medicare and Medicaid Services-certified organ transplant center since December, when Hawaii Medical Center closed its two Oahu Hospitals.

The legislature estimates more than 400 patients in Hawaii are on national organ transplant waiting lists and now have to register on waiting lists at mainland transplant centers.
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