Tuesday, June 14, 2016

White House plans to increase access to organ transplants, speed up wait times

US President Barack Obama has launched a major organ transplant initiative to cut down the wait times for potential transplant patients to receive life-saving organs.


The initiative also seeks to increase the number of transplants and includes nearly $200 million dollars for research and development.


Our U.S. correspondent Liling Tan reports.


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