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Ailing Connecticut woman seeks third kidney transplant

Ailing Connecticut woman seeking third transplant

By Bella English

 |  Globe Staff  

  September 27, 2011

People do it all the time: They ask friends, colleagues - even strangers - if they’ll donate to a good cause. For the third time in 25 years, Alicia Martin is asking for a donation: she needs another kidney. A quarter of a century ago, her first kidney transplant made national news. Five years later, she underwent the first kidney and liver transplant in New England. She now needs a third kidney transplant.

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