Durham, United States of America
MACK MAHONEY QUESTIONS DUKE CEO ABOUT JESICA SANTILLAN'S TRANSPLANT.
Mack Mahoney (R), of Jesica's Hope Chest Inc., an organization founded
to help the family of Jesica Santillan secure funds to pay for her
medical treatment, questions Duke University Hospital CEO William
Fulkerson, M.D. about the care Santillan has received as a patient at
the hospital following a press conference held February 21, 2003 at
Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. Doctors told
the media that Santillan has irreversible brain damage after receiving
two heart-lung transplants. antillan underwent the second surgery when
it was determined that the first set of organs were not compatible with
her blood type. REUTERS/Ellen Ozier
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