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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Medical Mystery
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda is mixed up in a medical mystery. A patient given a kidney at the hospital back in 2011 has died of rabies. Turns out the kidney came from an Air Force recruit who liked to trap raccoons. A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that the donor might have infected others. Three more patients received his heart, liver and second kidney. All three are considered at risk and have received anti-rabies treatment. The report's authors say a uniform donor questionnaire might have let doctors spot the risk.
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?? How can the donor fill out a questionnaire if he's dead?? There is more than one mystery here..
A male version of Ellie Mae Clampett.Why can't people stick with cats and dogs? Wild animals are meant to be IN THE WILD,not in a cage or in a house.
Uh, maybe he trapped them to sell the fur????
1:03 must be a come here.
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