VIDEO: Watch UK HealthCare's Kidney Donor Chain Announcement

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 23, 2015) — Today, UK HealthCare will announce its first "kidney donor chain" and patients in the chain will learn who their respective donors/recipients were for the first time. 

Kidney donor chains, also called kidney paired exchanges, occur when a living kidney donor is incompatible with their intended recipient. The donor may agree to donate their kidney to a different patient, provided that their loved one receives a kidney from someone else. When multiple pairs are involved, this causes a domino effect, with each recipient receiving a matched kidney from a stranger. 

The recent kidney donor chain was the first of its kind performed at UK HealthCare and the longest donor chain to date in Kentucky. 

Click below to watch today’s announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx8nxTK2Qu8

 MEDIA CONTACT:  Allison Perry, 859-323-2399, allison.perry@uky.edu