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Organ transplants in Brazil gain impetus and become more efficient with new techniques

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - After only one month of waiting for a liver transplant, pensioner Vivian Lima de Araújo went to the top of the queue. "I received this fantastic news, but I knew I wouldn't last much longer," she says.

At 61, Vivian, who lives in Itaboraí, 45 km from Rio, had to be hospitalized frequently due to complications from her disease, severe cirrhosis. On November 15, when her phone rang with the news that it was her turn, she was told she was not yet first in line. That place belonged to little Davi Moraes, only . . .

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