The network that runs the nation's organ transplant system isordering four Midwestern states to include Illinois in their liver-sharing plan, but it's also imposing a system for Illinois to payback the organs it takes.
Friday's ruling by the United Network for Organ Sharing blocks anaccord by Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota toshare livers among their sickest patients, while excluding Illinois.
Dr. Michael Abecassis, director of liver transplantation atNorthwestern Memorial Hospital, welcomed the order as an "excellent"temporary measure, but it has raised concerns about how the paybacksby Illinois will work.
"I think it's better than the …
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