PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia doctor took matters into his own hands, or more accurately, - his own feet - to get an organ donation to a patient on time.Dr.
Adam Bodzin, a surgeon at Jefferson Hospital in Center City, was scrubbed and read to perform a liver transplant last fall when he learned that the vehicle transporting the organ was stuck in traffic.
To make the situation more difficult, roads surrounding the hospital were nearly impassable due to thousands of runners participating in the Philadelphia Marathon. "We tried every which way to get them across, (the driver) talked to multiple police officers about potential access points unfortunately, despite that (the driver) was unable to get across," Dr.
Bodzin said. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESStill dressed in his white lab coat and scrubs, Dr. Bodzin ran for half a mile, weaving between marathon runners, to retrieve the liver his 66-year-old patient desperately needed. "I had flagged down a police officer before I crossed the marathon, thankfully who agree to drive me back if I can get the liver," Dr.