Monday, January 31, 2005
Caribbean citizens in need of organ transplants to improve the quality of their lives may no longer have to travel as far as Pakistan to access donors.
By July, a new National Organ Transplant Unit will be established at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC), Mt Hope, in Trinidad for the procurement, storage and distribution of tissue. It will address the demand for both kidney and corneal transplants in the twin island Republic.
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