Bronx hospital celebrates 50 years of organ transplants
<p>Hospital staff at Montifore Medical Center celebrated 50 years of successful organ transplants. </p>
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Sep 14, 2017, 11:27 AM
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Hospital staff at Montifore Medical Center celebrated 50 years of successful organ transplants.
The Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation honored transplant patients Wednesday.
Hospital staff says it has performed 4,200 abdominal transplants over the last 50 years, including pancreatic, liver and kidney transplants.
The hospital plans on starting a lung transplant program next.
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