She had a transplant eight years ago. She was not a Status One patient, but a good match was located in Kenosha and sent here under the current system. The regional plan being pushed by Donna Shalala was created by the transplant group in Pittsburgh. They have advertised so successfully that they have outstripped their local supply and want to tap into other areas of the country to keep their program humming. Successful programs need to do their work on a regular interval.
Repetition does mean better results.
Status 1 patients may be the most critically ill. They may also not be the best candidate for survival. One of the reasons that my wife did so well was that she had not experienced significant damage to her other organs. Maybe a successful program needs a sense of community. This plan could destroy the will of people to donate if they felt that it was going somewhere far away.