WASHINGTON—Doctors say former Washington Mayor Marion Barry is recovering well from a kidney transplant, and may be released from the hospital by Thursday.
WASHINGTON—Doctors say former Washington Mayor Marion Barry is recovering well from a kidney transplant, and may be released from the hospital by Thursday.
Dr. Clive Callender says the 72- year-old D.C. City Council member has been moved from intensive care to a patient room at Howard University Hospital.
Callender is the surgeon who led the team that transplanted a kidney into Barry on Friday. Callender also says that Barry’s kidney donor, 47-year-old Kim Dickens, is “progressing well” and could be released Tuesday.
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