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The Night of the Transplant
02:14 in the morning. Itziar Lousada, a hepatobiliary surgery resident, receives a brain-dead donor. Two recipients on the list: a traffic-court judge who signs off on the hospital's service agreements, and an undocumented Romanian baker who ranks higher on the MELD scale. The committee is pushing. Someone has to sign. Someone has to decide who goes into the OR before dawn.
02:14 in the morning. Itziar Lousada, a hepatobiliary surgery resident, receives a brain-dead donor. Two recipients on the list: a traffic-court judge who signs off on the hospital's service agreements, and an undocumented Romanian baker who ranks higher on the MELD scale. The committee is pushing. Someone has to sign. Someone has to decide who goes into the OR before dawn.