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NY State Prisoner Receives $400,000 Liver Transplant
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2006
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2006, page 40
by John E. DannenbergAn NBC News I-Team 10 investigation caused considerable media controversy when it reported that a New York state prisoner with end-stage liver disease had received a $400,000 liver transplant in November, 2005, at state expense. This is significant because most states will not approve transplants for ...
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