PBS NewsHour

Appeals Process Added for Kids Waiting for Lung Transplants

Clip: 06/11/2013 | 8m 8s

Two terminally ill children with end-stage cystic fibrosis are at the center of a battle about organ transplants. In Philadelphia, a federal judge decided that both kids, who are younger than 12, must be made more of a priority on a waiting list for adult lungs. Ray Suarez gets analysis from Arthur Caplan of New York University.

Aired: 06/11/13

Rating: NR

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