MEDIA ALERT: Baylor University Medical Center Performs Record Number of Organ Transplants in One Day

NEWS CONFERENCE

Watch a recording of a live video stream from this event:

Event Details:

WHAT: Baylor Dallas's transplant team is announcing a record-breaking number of organs transplanted in a single day. Patients from three different states were given the gift of life during the milestone event.

WHEN: 11 a.m., Thursday Sept. 10

WHERE: Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas. The press conference will be held on the 17th Floor of Roberts Hospital. Closest parking is available in Garage 4 —3500 Junius St., Dallas 75246. Media Relations staff will be in Circle Drive in front of Roberts Hospital (at the end of Junius Street) to escort media. (Contact: 214-470-1374)

NEWS CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS: Several of the patients who received transplants, their family members, surgeons, and members of the clinical staff will be part of the announcement.

VISUALS: Photos and video from the day the surgeries were performed will be available for media at the event and available online for download shortly after the event.

 

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MEDIA CONTACT
Craig Civale
Craig.Civale@BaylorHealth.edu
(817) 709-7067

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