Arizona woman's 3-year wait for an intestine shows the US organ transplant system's complexity

83 reports from 80 outlets in 1 language · first reported 2026-10-20 10:00 UTC · updated 2026-10-21 00:37 UTC · JSON

Katherine Screws, a 25-year-old woman from Phoenix, Arizona, waited three years for an intestine transplant after a car crash destroyed her small intestine^{[3, 6]}. During this time, her local organ procurement organization made nine offers for a donor organ, all of which were rejected^[3]. The complexity of the US organ transplant system is highlighted by her lengthy wait and the multiple offers that were not accepted^{[1, 2, 4, 5]}.

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1. Arizona woman's 3-year wait for an intestine shows the US organ transplant system's complexityPublished by rutlandherald.com, ksbw.com, wvtm13.com, gulfcoastnewsnow.com, wtae.com, mynbc5.com, wmtw.com, wbaltv.com, wisn.com, wyff4.com, wjcl.com, koco.com and 47 more · 2026-10-20 23:14 UTC
2. 3-year wait for intestine shows organ transplant system's complexityPublished by record-bee.com, greeleytribune.com, sandiegouniontribune.com, eptrail.com, twincities.com, republicanherald.com, times-standard.com, mercurynews.com, bostonherald.com, courant.com, dailycamera.com, thetimes-tribune.com and 5 more · 2026-10-20 15:07 UTC
3. A Phoenix woman waited 3 years for an intestine transplant. Here's whyPublished by wgauradio.com, wsbradio.com, wokv.com, wdbo.com · 2026-10-21 00:37 UTC
4. Woman's 3-year wait for donor organ exposes complexity of US transplant systemindependent.co.uk · en · 2026-10-20 13:57 UTC
5. Arizona woman's 3-year wait for an intestine shows the US organ transplant system's complexity – Winnipeg Free Presswinnipegfreepress.com · en · 2026-10-20 10:02 UTC
6. Arizona woman’s 3-year wait for an intestine shows the US organ transplant system’s complexitykaaltv.com · en · 2026-10-20 10:00 UTC