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Transplant organs sent to the wrong cities

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Human organs removed for transplant had been mislabelled and sent to wrong cities, a worker’s compensation arbiter heard this week.
In a second incident described to the hearing, a donor liver due to arrive in Perth from interstate was found in a courier van with other parcels while the local surgical team waited in theatre for an hour and a half.

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It emerged this week that three of WA’s most experienced organ donor coordinators were no longer working in the public health system.