• pbjamm@beehaw.org
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    3 months ago

    The article is not clear. Is the $71k price listed the cost of the surgery itself or surgery + hospital stay?

    If it is just surgery then it is a very unfair comparison since the ICU stay would have been needed in either case, and at least some of the days in the ward for recovery.

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      2 months ago

      Plus living donation means the donatee needs recovery time and a bed as well.