Methodist University Confirms Steve Jobs’s Liver Transplant
Finally, the silence is officially broken from the medical establishment itself (PDF):
I am pleased to confirm today, with the patient’s permission, that Steve Jobs received a liver transplant at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute in partnership with the University of Tennessee in Memphis. Mr. Jobs underwent a complete transplant evaluation and was listed for transplantation for an approved indication in accordance with the Transplant Institute policies and United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) policies. He received a liver transplant because he was the patient with the highest MELD score (Model for End-Stage Liver Disease) of his blood type and, therefore, the sickest patient on the waiting list at the time a donor organ became available. Mr. Jobs is now recovering well and has an excellent prognosis.
So there you have it.
If you’d like an excellent analysis of the secrecy surrounding this event – and Apple’s confidential culture as a whole – you can’t miss John Gruber’s latest.
