New Transplant Center Opens In Orlando

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New Transplant Center Opens In Orlando

Thursday April 12, 2007

Florida

Hospital has opened a new transplant center in Orlando

The Florida Hospital Transplant Center is promising a lifesaving

transformation to people in need of a new pancreas or liver, WESH 2 News

reported.

Some people waiting for a

transplant are so ill that without a new organ, their life expectancy is a few

days or less. Diedra Pittman

was in desperate need of a new kidney when her daughter, Brittany ,

decided to donate the organ to her mother. The

transplant operation took place on Mother's Day last year.

Pittman was on dialysis for 10

years, but she was able to travel the world after her operation because she no

longer needed to worry about frequent trips to the hospital. " It's

such a better quality of life. Actually, the first

day, I got up and said, 'It’s me!' I just looked

so much better, " Pittman said.

Next week, a new team of

physicians transplanted to Florida Hospital will do a trial run on a ghost patient just to make sure

they are ready for the real thing. " It's

a huge commitment. We know the community needs the

service, " Florida Hospital representative Tim Jankiewicz

said. More transplant candidates will

get off the waiting list for a lifesaving transplant, thanks to the new center. Before the new center opened, the closest

liver transplant centers were in Gainesville and Tampa.

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