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Give My Kidney Back!

Posted: Monday, April 12th, 2010

Thought you donated your liver, but somehow ended up giving your left eye? Oops. Organ donations in the UK have taken a kidney punch after the wrong organs may have been taken from donors. “I decided I was happy to donate my liver, lungs, pancreas and kidneys,” student Stephen Banks told the BBC. “But a few days later… I received a letter from the NHS (National Health Service) thanking me for donating and telling me I had also donated my eyes. I feel a bit embarrassed to call up and say, ‘I want my eyes back.’” Most of the 17 million donors agree to give any and all of their organs, but having the option to pick what organs you’d like to give sure beats the US system, where it’s all-in or nothing. {Thanks, Codi!}

 
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