Ohio State Wexner sets record-breaking kidney ‘donation chain,’ transforming 10 lives
December 23, 2024
(The Columbia Dispatch) – On Dec. 13, Samantha Fledderjohann donated one of her kidneys to a stranger in need, and in the process, transformed 10 lives.
The 46-year-old was the first of a record-breaking “chain” of 20 surgeries over a two-day period at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Comprehensive Transplant Center, both to remove and transplant kidneys from 10 living donors to 10 recipients. That means 10 people now have another chance to live more of their lives better and longer with a healthy kidney. (Read More)