A woman has gone viral on TikTok after telling a crazy kidney transplant story about an allegedly AWFUL ex-boyfriend! According to a young woman on the app named Colleen Le, she was dating a man several years ago who had been struggling with chronic kidney disease since he was a teenager. The unnamed man was required to […]
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UK Doctor Banned From Medicine After Branding His Initials On Two Patients’ Livers During Surgery
A medical governing board in the United Kingdom has revoked a doctor’ s credentials from the country’ h medical rolls after it was determined in a tribunal that he carved his initials into two patients’ livers during transplant surgeries. Simon Bramhall was performing organ transplant surgery on two different patients in two incidents nearly a […]
Selena Gomez SLAMS Troll Criticizing Her Drinking ‘Joke’ Following Kidney Transplant
Selena Gomez is firing back at a fan who didn’t find her most recent TikTok very funny! On Tuesday, the Disney Channel alum posted a side-by-side reaction to Dr. Dawn Bantel ’s description of what defines “heavy drinking” for men and women. The doc explained: “The CDC defines heavy drinking as 15 or more drinks […]
Unvaccinated patients are getting kicked off organ transplant waitlists
Enlarge (credit: Getty | Barcroft) A growing number of medical facilities across the country are directing coveted organ donations to patients who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, pushing people who remain unvaccinated down or even off of transplantation waitlists. The thinking behind this move is simple: With transmission of the pandemic coronavirus still high in […]
Woman Undergoes Liver Transplant After Nose Piercing Causes A Life-Threatening Condition!
A woman from New York is recovering from a liver transplant after an infected nose ring caused a near-death experience. And boy, is it terrifying to the point where we’re triple cleaning our piercings right now! On Thursday, CBS New York reported that the woman, Dana Smith, had impulsively decided to get her nose pierced […]