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There were plenty of hugs to go around when six patients involved in a triple kidney swap conducted at the University of Maryland Medical Center met for the first time on July 8, 2011. Each recipient originally came to the hospital with an intended donor: a spouse, a sibling and a church friend.
However, when the blood and tissue typing revealed their intended donors were not a match, all three pairs entered UMMC's Paired Kidney Exchange (PKE) Program, which seeks to create swaps among incompatible pairs. All six patients met for the first time today at UMMC to talk about their experiences since the transplants took place on June 15, 2011.
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