106,000 Americans are waiting for an organ transplant, yet federal officials have raised serious questions about the national transplant system, known UNOS, the United Network for Organ Sharing.

This hour, we learn about a confidential government report and Senate investigation, both finding serious weaknesses in the transplant system.Washington Post health and medicine reporter Lenny Bernstein, joins us and later, we hear from the Chief of Transplant Surgery at Hartford Hospital.

But first, a Connecticut couple shares their experience waiting for a liver transplant. Kevin Prue is a Madison resident searching for a living donor. His wife Amy manages their Facebook page, Kevin’s Journey to Liver Transplant, and is a volunteer with New England Donor Services.

Guests:
Lenny Bernstein: Health and Medicine Reporter, The Washington Post
Dr. Glyn Morgan: Chief of Transplant Surgery, Hartford Hospital
Amy and Kevin Prue: Residents of Madison, CT

Catie Talarski contributed to this program which originally aired on August 18, 2022.

106,000 Americans are waiting for an organ transplant, yet federal officials have raised serious questions about the national transplant system, known UNOS, the United Network for Organ Sharing.
This hour, we learn about a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/07/31/unos-transplants-kindeys-hearts-technology/">confidential government report</a> and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/08/03/unos-transplants-shepard-senate-hearing/">Senate investigation</a>, both finding serious weaknesses in the transplant system.Washington Post health and medicine reporter Lenny Bernstein, joins us and later, we hear from the Chief of Transplant Surgery at Hartford Hospital.
But first, a Connecticut couple shares their experience waiting for a liver transplant. Kevin Prue is a Madison resident searching for a living donor. His wife Amy manages their Facebook page, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kmprue/">Kevin’s Journey to Liver Transplant</a>, and is a volunteer with <a href="https://neds.org/">New England Donor Services</a>.
Guests:
<ul>
<li>Lenny Bernstein: Health and Medicine Reporter, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/">The Washington Post</a></li>
<li>Dr. Glyn Morgan: Chief of Transplant Surgery, <a href="https://hartfordhospital.org/">Hartford Hospital</a></li>
<li>Amy and Kevin Prue: Residents of Madison, CT</li>
</ul>
Catie Talarski contributed to this program which originally aired on <a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/2022-08-18/a-look-into-the-complicated-organ-transplant-system-in-the-u-s">August 18, 2022</a>.

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

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