{Charleston, West Virginia}...Charleston Area Medical Center General Hospital Associate Administrator Glen Martin says a network that sets federal transplant regulations has recommended stopping residents from getting the first option on kidneys donated within the state. Martin says, if the recommendations are approved, West Virginians would be placed on a longer waiting list with residents of western Pennsylvania and a portion of New York. Martin says CAMC currently has 145 people waiting for a new kidney. The policy would as much as quadruple the size of the waiting list. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network's proposal goes out for public comment this fall.
