Intermountain Health has shortest liver transplant wait times in nation, thanks to new tech

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A new 167-pound piece of medical equipment has given Sophie Hansen, a 22-year-old Bountiful woman with an incurable liver disease, a chance to live again.

<p>MURRAY — A new 167-pound piece of medical equipment has given Sophie Hansen a chance to live again.

</p><p>&quot&#x3B;This organ allowed me to live an amazing life as a teenager,&quot&#x3B; Hansen said. But it didn't last.

 

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