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“It’s a gift of life”: the call that saved a Puerto Rican woman waiting for a liver transplant

More than 100,000 patients in the United States and Puerto Rico are waiting for an organ transplant, according to LifeLink of Puerto Rico, an organization committed to educating and inspiring people to save lives through organ donation

December 20, 2023 - 4:01 PM

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Betzaida Gómez, who is part of the campaign, said that thanks to the fact that she is still alive she has been able to "share with my family, who I thought I would never see again, witness the birth of nephews and nieces, and I have had the opportunity to write two books". (Suministrada)

By David Cordero Mercado

Periodista investigativodavid.cordero@gfrmedia.com

It was November 18, 2021, and Betzaida Gómez was on the verge of death when a phone call brought her back to life. A liver donor had come forward. Two years earlier, a diagnosis of non-alcoholic liver cirrhosis had turned the clock against her, and only a transplant could stop it.