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At the conflict's core is a proposal by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Donna E. Shalala.
Shalala said she hopes her proposal will reduce shortages of the organ throughout the country. In 1998 alone, 1,319 Americans died while awaiting necessary liver transplants.
Under the National Organ Transplantation Act of 1984, Shalala has the power to set the rules governing the allocation of transplanted organs.
Unless prevented to do so by an act of Congress, Shalala said she will try to implement this policy change in the near future.
Martin's team, which will attempt to rebuild the BIDMC liver program following the departure of the hospital's previous liver transplantation team, is among the advocates of the status quo.