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CHICAGO (CBS) — A 74-year-old Zion man is celebrating a new lease on life after he underwent a kidney transplant while he was still awake. Harry Stackhouse, a father of six and grandfather to 17 ...
A Venezuelan man who came to Chicago to save his brother’s life but was detained by ICE is finally free after weeks of public outcry and the two were reunited Friday in Pilsen.
CHICAGO — A man who is trying to get his brother a life-saving transplant will soon be released after spending the last month in ICE custody. Attorneys received a call on Wednesday morning ...
A lung cancer patient has been transferred to Chicago for a double-lung transplant just days after his health insurance reversed its decision.
Read about an awake kidney transplant at Northwestern Medicine, where a 74-year-old patient was discharged just 36 hours after the painless procedure.
Community seeks release of ICE detainee for brother's life-saving kidney transplant Jose Alfredo Pacheco Gonzalez, 37, was diagnosed with end-stage kidney failure in late 2023.
A Zion man is the second to recover from an awake kidney transplant at Northwestern Medicine.
A Chicago-area man with kidney failure is fighting for his life, while his brother who planned to donate a kidney is now facing an ICE custody battle. Here’s their story.
A man detained by ICE after traveling to the U.S. to help his brother in kidney failure has been released to make a life-saving organ donation.
CHICAGO, Ill. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - There are more than 780,000 people living with kidney disease. On average, 25,000 people will receive a transplant each year. But 90,000 people are still on the ...
For patients who can't have anesthesia, a new approach to surgery allows them to remain awake during their own kidney transplants.