Man receives life-saving transplant after seeing NBC story
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Dr. Gary Gibbon was battling lung cancer when he saw an NBC News story on experimental transplants being carried out at Northwestern Medicine. A year later, he credits it with saving his life.
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#Lungs #Transplant #Cancer
This man must be rich, that he was able to get immediate treatment .
Imagine if you are middle class or poor.
I came looking for this comment bc absolutely 100%, this is bc he could afford it.
Well, he’s a Pulmonologist. Probably earns about $500,000+ a year.
two lungs and a liver? how many people die waiting for just one of those?
I’d be curious to see how many were skipped over for him to get his, specially in that area. There are whistleblowers available I’m sure. The fact his age would also put him lower on the list.
Just one, the same donor. Why are you so angry?
A lot!!!
@@enboston9971Maybe because smokers or drunks should never get those organs.
That’s just amazing, happy for the doctor ❤
I did three years of emergency medicine and two years of family medicine residency training. This archetype news report brought me to tears. Thank you, journalists, for your work to give this story greater resonance.
We have the best medicine in the world, for the fewest number of people.
Well said
Consider that you can donate your body to any research you want. This guy likely matched with one specific cadaver. That cadaver may have formerly been a person who went to school at the university that is doing this study. YOU have the right to do that! It may appear "only the rich" because not enough young people understand how organ donation works! You need to have a *LIVING WILL* at the very least, and you need to know your rights!
@@Sarappreciates You took a left turn in Albuquerque. I know how organ donations work. I'm talking about universal healthcare
which every other country has and we don't.
@@writerconsidered Organ donation and experimental medicine are kinda hard to include in the "we need public healthcare" discussion. I know what you mean tho, and I agree that we could use universal healthcare here in the USA. I just think there is a nuanced discussion to be had here.
In Wisconsin where I live there's public healthcare that can be used as supplemental insurance if you don't have insurance, or if your insurance won't cover necessary treatment. "Badgercare" is widely respected throughout the US in terms of ways to make public healthcare possible.
Nobody's worth should depend upon the amount of profit they can earn for their boss. Nobody should ever lose a family member based on how much health insurance they could provide. This is sick, and I know it. I have stage 4 cancer. It's ridiculous to think people have had to choose between their home ownership and college for their kids vs life. Not only that, but recently approved meds should be available to all people in all countries! Women are dying from the same breast cancer I've been living with and managing for over 4 years due to targeted therapy that isn't available in 3rd world countries, for example.
That said, organ transplant is a whole other animal. Matches need to be exact and can be donated by a friend or family member. It's not like most other "healthcare" discussions.
I'm not sure how this gentleman was able to get both of those organs and at the same time. Aren't there long waiting lists? He also had to have the financial means to be life flighted to Illinois and all the other major expenses involved. Anyone with an organ transplant needs very strict aftercare in a pristine environment so that's another challenging aspect. I'm happy for this man but not sure this is an option for many people. I could be wrong. ❤
His liver failed because of chemo. He was waiting for a long time. And a double transplant is still experimental, not many hospitals do that. But the more they do, the better the medicine becomes for all.
I’m guessing the overall cost for this is north of $1,000,000. Most people don’t have access to that kind of money. Insurance most likely wouldn’t have covered much - if any - of this due to it being considered experimental.
The story is intriguing; however, the overall reporting is incomplete and far too tone deaf for the US healthcare debacle. Making it sounds as though just anyone; everybody, can waltz into surgery… AND JUST LIKE THAT! Not in the United States!
Agree
This is an amazing story.
Amazing…how he seems to have NOT had to wait for THREE organ transplant… we all are aware this NEVER happens for the average citizen, let alone the uninsured. --Good for him. It should be equally accessible to anyone in need.
It's likely that these organs were from one person that was a perfect match, who had donated their body to their former university who helped do the surgery. Organ donation is tricky. I used to donate on my driver's license, but ever since I got cancer, I can only give my cadaver to science. No organ recipient wants mine other than my corneas (eye tissue). I can, however, donate the rest of me to SCIENCE, and I can even specify the4 study or individual I wanna help!
As a stage 4 cancer patient
There’s a lot of details that are unknown , usually for cancer related organ donation they originate from family members or diseased patients that don’t have progression / stable disease and the organ usually is the liver , since you could live with as little as 20% of a liver
As far as the double lungs I don’t know how that’s pulled off . Maybe right place right time right match
& right facility that could pull off a double lung transplant , you’d be surprised how many institution are unable to perform certain cutting edge procedures. These new techniques are not easy, there’s a reason why the people in the medical field will always invest their life in a practice it’s all new all cases are different. God bless the ppl that work in health care
That’s awesome!
Wow, this is incredible news and a new hope for many patients! As an OR, PACU, ICU, and ER nurse, I have witnessed many organ harvest cases and cared for many donor patients. It's rewarding to see that the effort results in a positive impact for the recipients.
Happy for the doctor. So glad his wife saw the video. One would think doctors who specialize in the field would be up to date with current information. Unsurprisingly they get their information from primetime tv. I can’t help but Wonder if this would happen for someone who is not affluent and white.
Wow just had to find the negative in that didn't you .
Ethnic disparities is a REAL THING. But I also wonder if this is a failed public awareness thing. Like, you can have a legal will that states the exact study you want your organs to go to. The guy in the study likely received these organs from one donor, which makes me think it's from such a chosen donation. I think too few young people are as aware of this as they should be. The best transplant organs come from healthy young people's mistakes, as morbid as it sounds, it's true. May older and "educated" people know enough to put this in their wills, but young people often don't.
@@Sarappreciates that’s an excellent point. Some of the disparities are because of a lack of awareness which comes from a potential lack of education. I was not going for the negative, it’s a fantastic story with a happy ending. I also think it’s important to see when something is good and ask how we can make it better.
@@ShyFly1000 There was a (world's first) successful kidney transplant with a genetically modified pig kidney to human host recently, and the human was African American. Such stories make me think there's gotta be some element of "right place, right time" to these cases. You're right though. We definitely should always ask how to make things better, more efficient, more fair, less risky... Always, of course!
Incredible
One of the best stories.
Curious to find out who paid for the surgery I'm sure him being a doctor helped with connections to get it done but I don't see a normal person in America that needs this even if they have insurance almost guaranteed they wouldn't cover this the insurance companies won't even cover a prescription your doctor gives you and says you need insurance companies are able to practice their own medicine and say no we're not covering that but you're telling me they covered this surgery I would bet my left nut that's not the case either paid nothing or he paid all of it out of his pocket is anyone aware how he paid for it?
I just posted similar comments… that’s NOT American healthcare; insured or not.
Agree
Doctors have medical insurance provided by their place of work. But the connections? His wife watched a documentary, and he asked his doctor to contact the Northwestern and ask them how they did it. Instead, his doctor sent him there because they had the experience and the capacity. So this doctor did not have those connection you assume. Your comment is rather negative. You jump to conclusions and make assumptions.
NBC reporting good news for once
I need a liver transplant asap an have no help I am 31 from Trinidad 🇹🇹 4 kids not working its really hard I really glad for him🙏🙏💯 ...may God bless me the same for the sake of my kids..
I have histoplasmosis, blastomycosis and valley fever and Mac infection and i need just one dr to know what to do with them all because no one seems to know
I will keep you in my prayers. ❤
@@mayapastrana4444 thankyou
Pray for us all. ❤️
Guaranteed if this guy wasn’t a rich doc he wouldn’t have gotten all this. Got lucky
The fact that he was a doctor already and wealthy helped tremendously.
He is a doctor and will help other patients -- maybe even you and your family and friends someday.
That is not the point. The point is he probably got that transplant so quick because of his status. At any given time there are thousands of people on a wait list for a transplant. Usually those that have financial means are towards the top. In addition, this doctor is older so he will not be around that much longer anyway. He looks like he is in his late 60's early 70's already, so I doubt he will be helping that many people. Still happy for him nevertheless.@@sharonsolana
@@sharonsolanahe’s retired
@@criminalitycollective Dr. Gibon is helping others with this video. Only God knows what the future holds for Dr. Gibbon. He may volunteer somewhere, he may teach,...
Rona McDaniel would call this fake news and question the immigration status of those wonderful doctors.
🤣
Wow, they basically did this on Chicago Med last night!
That doctor is wrong to say they’re the only place to do a liver & double lung transplant. I know of a RUclips vlogger by the name of Mary Frey who has Cystic Fibrosis who moved from MA to NC because they know that Duke performs liver & double lung transplant that she’ll need down the road. I think the doctor in this video forgot that there are other hospitals in the country that perform this kind of transplant too.
He is very lucky and a living miracle.❤It's awesome to see someone that blessed.
Wow God bless 🎉🎉🎉
North western is the only place that does this.
That’s my grandma and her husband
And Gary had the money to do it…
This is wonderful news to wake up to this morning!! But... Jealous! All I wanted was a breast reduction, and I got almost every post surgical complication including an antibiotic resistant staph infection. Surgery during advanced cancer is no joke! I'm stage IV and I was _thriving,_ yet that surgery nearly killed me. Cancer patients are at higher risk of all the complications from surgery. This guy is so fortunate! So amazing! I'm nearly dumbstruck-happy for him, but I can't help feeling a little jealous. Nevertheless, it's high time they found better treatments for lung cancer. Lung cancer doesn't get the funding it deserves compared to, for example, breast cancer like mine. We metastatic cancer patients need to stick together to keep raising awareness and funding.
Giving a Cancer patient two healthy lungs and a liver is risky and controversial. There is a long list of people who don't have cancer waiting for a transplant.
You are a very negative person. Just be happy for a cancer survivor whose liver got ruined by a chemo. He is also a very nice and pleasant doctor who will be spearing the word about this experience. He is in the right profession so he definitely good alive for the society because he will save many more lives.
Benefits of immigrants
we are only ever buying ourselves more time. death is inevitable.
Praising The Lord!
I have mixed feelings about this…..
❤
makes me want to eat fried chicken livers tonight.
😂
Had it been an average joe, they would have never got the lungs in time, and don't even think about a liver too. Hey, maybe he got lucky? But I have my suspicions.
He didn't know about lung transplant? It's not a new thing
You did not pay attention and now want somebody to explain the point of this film to you. Watch it again.
I guess you can call it good news. Except someone had to die or give up their lungs and liver. So that old Doc can squeeze a few more months. 🤔
With this kind of Medical Advancement in the USA. I can say US has the most advance medical technology out there even for European countries.
what but them 2 doctors r not american,, sorry they are, the gop would kick them out of the country if they get in
No it's the criminals that are trespassing by coming in illegally that would be kicked out....
Are they lab-grown lung and liver, or donated one????