Jorge Montes, donor and recipient: seven lives saved and a new heart that still beats 26 years later

2023-06-05 00:12:24

• PATRICIA DEL GALLO

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Updated Monday, June 5, 2023 –
00:12

Jorge, 90 years old and 26 with a new heart, is a benchmark in promoting transplants. When his son died, the family donated his lungs, his kidneys, his heart and his skin.

Jorge Montes, wearing a T-shirt with the date of his heart transplant.ASSIGNED

It was the most difficult and at the same time the best and most generous decision that I made in my life. At 90 years old, Jorge Montes, he does not doubt it for a moment. Nearly three decades ago, while she was working on GaliciaI received the call from his wife. His son, with t

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