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Colorado donor groups work to close racial gaps in who gets organ transplants

Hispanic, Black organ-transplant patients are more likely to fall through health systems’ cracks

Dr. Sixto Giusti, left, sees a kidney transplant patient who is part of the UCHealth Hispanic Transplant Program at Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado, on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. (Eli Imadali, Special to The Denver Post)
Dr. Sixto Giusti, left, sees a kidney transplant patient who is part of the UCHealth Hispanic Transplant Program at Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado, on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. (Eli Imadali, Special to The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - MARCH 7:  Meg Wingerter - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Patients whose organs are failing have to clear multiple hurdles, including extensive testing, to show they're healthy enough for surgery and line up insurance so they can continue to pay for immune-suppressing medications for the rest of their lives.
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