Inova Fairfax Halts Liver Transplants

[Guest guest]

Inova

Fairfax Hospital,

which has long boasted of being the most active organ transplant center in the Washington

area, has stopped performing liver transplants because…..

http://www.nbc4.com/health/10515532/detail.html

[Guest guest]

Barb, You must read a hundred newspapers a day to find these articles.

This one you have to read between the lines:

Cheif surgeon resigns.....2 recent deaths.....

It's sad to see a program go down the tubes but if you don't have a

strong lead surgeon and volume is declining the waiting patients

should go where they can get the best results.

[Guest guest]

Sadly, this program has been in trouble for a while. My doc originally

sent me to town in 2001 because Fairfax's program wasn't doing

as well as he wanted. I'm sooooooo glad that he did. Guess this

narrows my choices for second opinions down!

Thanks,

Deb in VA