Sunday, February 19, 2012

Living kidney donors deserve our admiration

The New York Times features a story about the efforts of one man to make a difference in organ donation by establishing a registry to match donors to recipients.
Rick Ruzzamenti admits to being a tad impulsive. He traded his Catholicism for Buddhism in a revelatory flash. He married a Vietnamese woman he had only just met. And then a year ago, he decided in an instant to donate his left kidney to a stranger. alisa flatow stephen organ donation
It's a fascinating story of connections and paying forward, worth a read.

Well, that's what I think.

PS - I submitted a very short comment on the article and was pleasantly surprised to see it was the second most recommended comment.