Major Organ Shortage Set for Mid-South

WREG | Candace McGowan

(Memphis) There were 260 organ transplants performed at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis in 2011. Those are lives that were saved by liver and kidney transplants.

But that number could reduce dramatically starting in December.

“Right now a donor organ will go to the top person on the list regardless of whether that person is listed in Memphis or whether that person is listed in Nashville,” said Chief of Transplant at Methodist University Hospital Dr James Eason.

Eason is well-known for performing former Apple CEO Steve Job’s liver transplant.

Under the current system, those in need of organs have access to organs across the state.

However, the state is covered by two different Organ Procurement Organizations.

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