Transplant

Celebrating a creative pandemic year that began with a new used kidney

There have been many attempts to implant animal organs in humans, however there have been very acute rejections. Dr. Shahar Cohen of Beilinson Hospital thinks that this time it will be different.

I call it miraculous that, after two years of waiting, including a year of painful dialysis, I finally got a kidney – after my original donor was rejected shortly before surgery was scheduled.

“My new goal is to make the organ donation card a default process when people obtain their ID.”

The donations were received at the following medical centers: Soroka, Wolfson, Assuta Ashdod and Meir Kfar Saba.

Following market research, Gamida Cell expects to treat 2,000 patients in the US in the three years after the drug is offered to patients.

These devices can also be used for home therapy and in addition he set up four phototherapy clinics for people suffering from psoriasis.

'He touched all our hearts with extraordinary modesty and humanity."

'All this has happened in two weeks. We went from business as usual to we have to cancel everything and stay home. I’ve never seen things change on a daily basis the way they are now.'

In this wild time of coronavirus, Chaim still managed to receive a "new used" kidney.