An Atlanta woman became the first living HIV-positive kidney donor in the world on Monday when surgeons transferred her organ to a recipient who is also HIV-positive
An Atlanta woman became the first living HIV-positive kidney donor in the world on Monday when surgeons at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore transferred her organ to a recipient who is also HIV-positive, according to a statement from the medical center. Both the donor and the recipient, who wishes to remain anonymous, are doing well.
Nina Martinez, who has HIV, donated a kidney to an HIV-positive recipient.Nina Martinez, a 36-year-old public health consultant, acquired HIV as a 6-week-old in 1983, when she received a blood transfusion in the years before blood banks began routine testing for the virus. HIV damages the immune system and interferes with the body's ability to fight the organisms that cause disease.Despite her illness, Martinez's enduring spirit is audible.
There are more than 1 million people living with HIV in the United States. For them, Martinez's historic operation means"that 'here's one less stigma associated with this disease,'"Segev said.From the moment she made her decision to surgery's end, the organ donor process took about nine months, Martinez said:"I have a really strong sense of faith in myself, like I am my own rock.
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