Transplants
Notes from a transplant surgeon
There is a moment in the operating room, after hours of surgery on a patient whose own organs have given up, when transplanted lungs start breathing, and hearts start pumping. Dr Joshua Mezrich knew… Audio
NZer at forefront of hand and face transplants
New Zealand reconstructive plastic surgeon, Dr Simon Talbot, spends his time performing the tricky and complex procedures of hand and face transplants. Audio
Man donating kidney to brother calls for more people to donate
Glenn has just arrived in Auckland to prepare to donate a kidney to Shayne on Wednesday. Video, Audio
Kidney disease sufferer tackles dialysis head-on
About six hundred people in New Zealand are waiting for an organ transplant. While donation rates are increasing, many in need of an organ, like dialysis patient Serah Lupo, face years on the waiting… Video, Audio
Traci Graf - The Reality Behind Donor Organ Retrieval
Traci Graf was an organ tranplant coordinator in a busy urban area in Pennsylvania with 152 hospitals and 15 transplant units in the region. She and her colleagues had the difficult task of convincing… Audio
Insight for 22 September 2013 - Organ Donors
Health Correspondent, Karen Brown, looks at organ donation, primarily regarding kidneys, and transplantation. Audio