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June 18, 1998

Organ Donation Allocation

Members of the Senate Labor and House Commerce committees heard testimony from administration officials, health care experts and others rega… read more

Members of the Senate Labor and House Commerce committees heard testimony from administration officials, health care experts and others regarding the allocation of organ donations. Senator Bill Frist, also a medical doctor, co-chaired the hearing. Recipients of organ donations talked about the importance of the new proposals of resolving the problems that can arise while patients waited on lists for organ donations. close

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Thomas Barrett U.S. Representative [D] Wisconsin
Leonard L. Boswell U.S. Representative [D] Iowa

Ron Busuttil University of California, Los Angeles->DuMont Transplant Center
Clive Callender M.D. Director Howard University->Transplant Center
James Childress Professor University of Virginia->Religious Studies
Daniel Drecker Resident Kearny, NJ
Peggy Drecker Resident Kearny, NJ
Walter Graham Executive Director United Network for Organ Sharing
William Harmon Chief Children's Hospital->Nephrology Division
Fritz Hollings U.S. Senator [D] South Carolina
L.G. Hunsicker Spokesman United Network for Organ Sharing
Bob Inglis U.S. Representative [R] South Carolina
Mark Joenson Director Consad Research Corporation->Health Systems Analysis
Robert Kerrey U.S. Senator [D] Nebraska
Tom Meredith Representative Transplant Recipients Int'l. Org.
Alan Pritsker Chairman and CEO Pritsker Company
Hector Ramos Director Lifelink->Liver Transplantation
Jeffrey Reese Director University of Vermont->Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation
Jorge Reyes Surgeon University of Pittsburgh->Medical Center
Rick Santorum U.S. Senator [R] Pennsylvania
Donna E. Shalala Secretary Department of Health and Human Services
Louis Stokes U.S. Representative [D] Ohio
Karen Thurman U.S. Representative [D] Florida
Robert G. Torricelli U.S. Senate Candidate (Former)
Bruce Weir Spokesman Transplant Recipients Int'l. Org.

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Program ID:: 107507-1
Category:: Joint Committee
Format:: Joint Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Jun 19, 1998 | 1:01am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:: Jun 20, 1998 | 12:39pm EDT | C-SPAN 2

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Jun 19, 1998 | 1:01am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Jun 20, 1998 | 12:39pm EDT | C-SPAN 2

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