A pioneer in Venezuela in the use of immunohistochemistry —a method that allows for more accurate results in diagnostic pathology—, Dr. Jorge García Tamayo devoted six decades of his life to research and teaching. One day, he invited Elsie Picott, at the time a resident student of Universidad Central de Venezuela Anatomic Pathology Graduate Program, to join him in a research work. She has since considered him her mentor. Twenty years later, she stills asks him for advice, which he delivers, even from afar.

A medical doctor decides to donate a kidney to her sister to spare her from the grueling routine of dialysis treatment. This is the story of a transplant, an operation that many people in Venezuela can no longer opt for because on June 1, 2017 the Venezuelan Foundation for Organ, Tissue and Cell Donation and Transplantation (Fundavene), a body attached to the Ministry of Health, suspended the organ procurement and transplantation program.

Pionero en Venezuela en el uso de la inmunohistoquímica —método que permite diagnósticos patológicos más precisos—, el doctor Jorge García Tamayo se dedicó, por seis décadas, a la investigación y a la docencia. Un día invitó a Elsie Picott, entonces residente del posgrado de anatomía patológica, a desarrollar una investigación a su lado. Desde entonces, […]

Una médico decide donarle un riñón a su hermana, para evitar que se someta a la desgastante rutina de la diálisis. Esta es la historia de un trasplante. Eso que para muchos no es una opción porque el 1ro de junio de 2017 la Fundación Venezolana de Donaciones y Trasplantes de Órganos, tejidos y Células (FUNDAVENE), adscrita al Ministerio de Salud, suspendió el programa de trasplante y procura de órganos en Venezuela.