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Representative Jeff Currey Needs A New Kidney. Live Donors Can Help.

Connecticut Public Radio | By Lucy Nalpathanchil,
Carmen Baskauf
Published August 25, 2020 at 8:22 AM EDT
A diagram of the kidneys from Henry Gray's "Anatomy of the Human Body" (1918)
Henry Gray
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A diagram of the kidneys from Henry Gray's "Anatomy of the Human Body" (1918)

State Representative Jeff Currey is a longtime public servant. Now he’s asking the public to help him. The East Hartford lawmaker is in kidney failure, and he needs a transplant.

This hour, he joins us to talk about kidney donation. We often think of organ donation as something considered after someone’s death, but living donors can give a kidney to a person in need.

Coming up we hear from patients, donors, and medical professionals about this lifesaving transplant.

And we learn about a revolutionary system that pairs matching donors and patients--that allows for multiple kidney transplants. 

Have you considered becoming a kidney donor?

GUESTS:

Cat Pastor contributed to this show.
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Lucy Nalpathanchil
Lucy leads Connecticut Public's strategies to deeply connect and build collaborations with community-focused organizations across the state.
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Carmen Baskauf
Carmen Baskauf was a producer for Connecticut Public Radio's news-talk show Where We Live, hosted by Lucy Nalpathanchil from 2017-2021. She has also contributed to The Colin McEnroe Show.
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