Sam Fledderjohann: The Kidney Transplant Chain That Saved 10 Lives

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Written By Alex Cortes
 

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While 94.6% of kidney donors give them to someone they know, Sam Fledderjohann felt called to give a kidney to anyone who needed it. Her being what is called an “altruistic donor” enabled a whole chain of kidney donations to be unlocked, resulting in 20 transplant surgeries over 2 days that saved the lives of 10 recipients!  

 
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