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How Hospitals Continued Organ Transplants During The Pandemic

NPR

Published July 7, 2021 at 1:52 PM EDT

When COVID-19 hit, many transplants had to be put on hold. Yet surprisingly, a record number of transplants were completed in 2020.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with STAT reporter Liz Cooney about ways in which hospitals continued transplantation during the pandemic.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.