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UMMC serial kidney transplant donor tells his story

Edward Behn, a Massachusetts resident, recently participated in an eight-way kidney transplant at the University of Maryland Medical Center. So what's it like to give an organ to save the life of a stranger?

Here's an excerpt:

"Last week, Edward F. Behn drove to Baltimore with two kidneys and drove back home with one. Somewhere in between, eight people's lives changed.

When Mr. Behn, a 59-year-old Westboro resident, decided to donate a kidney, he triggered a chain of exchanges that culminated in four kidney transplant operations over two days. Four people gave healthy kidneys to four people who desperately needed them."

Read the full article here.

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