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Local October 29, 2020 | 2:31 pm

Successful first pancreas transplant in Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo, DR The General Hospital of the Plaza de la Salud (HGPS) reported yesterday that it had started the country's pancreas transplant program. The inaugural procedure was performed on a diabetic patient with chronic kidney disease and has endured hemodialysis for more than two years. The patient, Suleika Pérez Suero, 27, had type 1 diabetes and been insulin-dependent since she was... Read more