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I got the call earlier today. A teenager has been on life support at our hospital while awaiting a heart transplant. She was running out of time when we got the offer of a heart, and it was my job to recover the organ. Before I knew it, I was arriving at a suburban hospital 600 miles away, accompanied by my resident and a procurement technician. When we drove in, it seemed like any other emergency department at night.

But as we walked through the emergency room (ER), all grew quiet. There were eyes upon us, and as people stepped . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Davis is an emeritus professor of clinical surgery at the Ohio State University and a surgeon at the Heart Center, Columbus Children's Hospital — both in Columbus, Ohio.

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