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INSIDE: Emergency Transplant

INSIDE goes to Johns Hopkins Hospital, one of the top kidney transplant departments in the country. INSIDE, Tuesday, August 26th at 10:00 p.m. on PBS-HD. by Colleen Greer

In a complex process of donation and coordination, three donors give their kidneys to total strangers and in return their loved ones receive a transplant.

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Surgery

This life-saving procedure requires precise orchestration, nearly 100 doctors, nurses and staff, months of preparation and six synchronized operations on one day.

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