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News for the Carolinas
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Saturday, March 09, 2013
Two 12-year-old boys who lived just a few miles apart in Conway had several things in common and now they share a bond forever.
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Friday, September 21, 2012
While people die waiting for a kidney transplant, a new report says thousands of kidneys that could be used for transplantation are being discarded.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
At first glance, you'd never guess Jarrod Danka is anything other than a typical boy. His mom says the 11-year-old is non-stop most of the time and he's pretty excited about the upcoming Jarrod Danka Transplant Day, to be held at the Skywheel in Myrtle Beach next month. But all is not well in Jarrod's life. His kidneys are failing. He already had one kidney transplant a few years ago and now needs another.
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Friday, January 20, 2012
In early December, Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce President Brad Dean donated a kidney at Duke University Hospital in North Carolina.
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Friday, December 09, 2011
Three patients who underwent surgery Monday for Duke University Medical Center's first ever four-way kidney transplant met for the first time Friday.
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Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce president Brad Dean donated his kidney Monday in the first four-way kidney transplant at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC.
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Friday, July 22, 2011
In February, NewsChannel 15's Allyson Floyd did a special report called "The Waiting Game." In it ,she profiled Henri Parker, who had been waiting on a kidney transplant for eight years after his first transplant failed.
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Henri Parker spends two to three hours a day, five days a week on dialysis. He's done that for the past eight years while he waits on his second kidney transplant.
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Thursday, February 17, 2011
About 1,000 people are currently on the organ transplant waiting list in South Carolina. Nearly 90 percent of them need kidneys.
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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Retired professional basketball star Alonzo Mourning urged South Carolina legislators to pass legislation giving hundreds of patients with kidney failure access to affordable care.
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
A baby's mother was told they both would die before he was ever born. But that baby was born this Christmas week, a little premature, but healthy.
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