Health officials confirm that a Michigan resident who received an organ transplant has died from rabies.

The patient had the organ transplanted at a hospital in Ohio in December and died in January, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson Lynn Sutfin said.

A subsequent investigation that also involved the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Ohio Department of Health determined the patient got rabies from the donated organ. Sutfin did not specify which organ was transplanted.

  • Pronell@lemmy.world
    2·
    9 个月前

    Hey, congrats!

    That had to have been a huge relief, finally getting the transplant you needed.

      • Pronell@lemmy.world
        1·
        9 个月前

        Yeah, sorry about that. I work for an insurance company, but not for much longer. (Not that I ever made that worse for you, I am/was in collections.)