Game-changing concept in organ donation and transplantation will save lives in Nevada

Cirrhosis of the liver. Cystic fibrosis. Coronary heart disease. These conditions can lead a patient to need a liver, lung or heart transplant operation, respectively, to survive. Unfortunately, if that patient lives in Nevada, they will have to move out of state in order to receive these types of transplantation services. Only one transplant center exists in Southern Nevada, University Medical Center (UMC), which only provides kidney transplantation and services. Read more in Las Vegas Weekly.