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Hospital Transplants Kidney into Wrong Patient
By Marc J. Bern - Last updated: Thursday, February 17, 2011
Doctors at a California hospital transplanted a kidney into the wrong patient last month, reports the Los Angeles Times. According to the article, USC University Hospital in Los Angeles, CA shut down its kidney transplant program on January 29 after realizing a hospital error caused doctors to transplant a donor kidney into the wrong patient. [...]
