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| Man Donates Kidney To Fellow Corrections Officer |
| By contracostatimes.com |
| Published: 03/14/2011 |
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A state prison guard who donated a kidney is expected to visit the recipient – a fellow corrections officer – at a Westwood hospital this weekend. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Officer Luis Hernandez will check in on Lancaster resident Gaston Benjamin at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, said Roxanne Yamaguchi, director of the UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations. Yamaguchi said Benjamin was scheduled to be released Saturday from the hospital. Benjamin is a single father of four children. He found out that a genetic condition was causing his kidneys to fail last February, she said. "His diagnosis was all the more surprising, in that he did not exhibit any symptoms – a message he wants to get out," Yamaguchi said. Read More. |
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