Surgeon Performs Rare ‘Domino Donor’ Operation At Stanford Hospital
The procedure — only performed seven other times at Stanford since 1988 — involved a heart-and-lung transplant on one patient, whose still-functioning heart then went to another patient.
The San Jose Mercury News:
Rare Transplant Procedure At Stanford Hospital Saves Two Women's Lives
It was literally the meeting of a lifetime Thursday when Tammy Griffin laid eyes on Linda Karr for the first time and embraced her tightly inside the heart surgery clinic at Stanford Hospital. For almost three years, the two women had waited and worried, wondering if they would ever receive the precious donor organs they needed so desperately to survive. (Seipel, 3/17)
In other hospital news —
The San Diego Union-Tribune:
Tri-City Sidelines One CEO, Names Another
Tri-City Medical Center has a new CEO, but it’s not clear yet what will happen to the old one. After meeting for three and a half hours in private, the Tri-City board returned to open session Thursday evening and announced that it had appointed Steve Dietlin, the hospital’s chief financial officer, as the public district hospital’s permanent chief executive. (Sisson, 3/17)
The Bakersfield Californian:
Physician Praises Bakersfield's Commitment To Burn Center
For years when burn patients from Kern County needed treatment they were faced with an arduous drive out of the area — often to Los Angeles. After six years at San Joaquin Community Hospital, the Grossman Burn Center is relocating its facilities to Memorial Hospital. It puts Kern County in the unique position of having two burn units — other comparable counties have none. (Amestoy, 3/17)