A flag signing and three transplants mark a turning point for kidney care in Northern Nevada.
Doctors at the Renown Transplant Institute completed their first live donor kidney transplant surgery on August 11. On Wednesday, the medical center celebrated the procedure's success, the people who made it possible, the donor, and the recipient.
A Reno woman will be honored during a Reno Aces game for her experience as a kidney transplant recipient and organ donation advocate.
In 2017, Jeremy Clark was diagnosed with stage 3B kidney failure, which has now advanced to stage 5 with only 7% functionality remaining. An event will be held on Friday to try and find him a living kidney donor.
The Reno Police Department will host a living donor drive on April 25 to support longtime dispatcher Jeremy Clark, who is in need of a kidney transplant.
Renown Health just opened northern Nevada's first kidney transplant institute, known as the Renown Transplant Institute.
She was discharged from the hospital just 11 days after surgery to continue recovery in a nearby apartment.
Previously, such transplants could be done only as part of research studies.
Renown Transplant Institute and the Nevada Transplant Institute have partnered to bring this care to Reno.