Aussie docs push for rethink on 'risky donors' tagMARK TAYLOR STUFF NZ Australian medical experts are pushing the boundaries when it comes to organ transplantation. And Australian experts aren't ruling out accepting organs from HIV positive patients in the near future. Snell said the next big barrier is taking lungs from donors who are hepatitis C positive. I'm sure it will offer meaningful outcomes to HIV positive donors and their families and I'm sure it will offer meaningful outcomes to recipients, regardless of their HIV status. Janice Langlands, donor coordinator at Organ Donation New Zealand, said kidneys and livers had already been taken from hepatitis C positive patients in this country.

Source: Stuff December 26, 2017 11:03 UTC