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04-17-2007, 05:50 PM
Doctors at the governmental Plaza de la Salud medical center have successfully completed their first liver and cornea transplant. The surgery was conducted thanks in part to a family that allowed the organs of a deceased 33-year old man to be used. Plaza de la Salud president Julio Amado Castanos Guzman said that the surgery is a move forward for this type of surgery in the country. Thirty-seven-year old Iris Corcino received the liver transplant, which took place on 23 March. Other patients who received cornea transplants were Teodora Buret Almonte and Geraldo Perez. Hoy newspaper explains that in the past Dominicans in need of liver transplants had to travel to Colombia, paying around US$50,000 for the procedure. Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, president of the Plaza de la Salud board, expressed his approval for the operation and appeared at the press conference to remind the public that the Catholic Church is in agreement with transplant surgery.
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