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Criminal

Episode 176: The Red Flag

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.738.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In 2006, a man named William Ramsey went to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida for a life-saving liver transplant. It was a success, and so when his health started to decline after the procedure, doctors couldn't figure out why. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.9

There was the first patient in his name was William Edward Ramsey and Mr. Ramsey was a

1:07.6

Methodist minister who was at the Mayo Clinic for a liver transplant.

1:14.8

This is Assistant United States Attorney, Frank Talbot.

1:18.6

Before that, he had been evaluated for a liver transplant by a hospital out in California.

1:25.5

He actually lived in Las Vegas with his wife. That's where they retired. He'd been to

1:30.2

a hospital in California that told him that the condition of his liver was essentially

1:34.7

too bad, that he wouldn't be a candidate for a transplant. Really, he had been sent home

1:41.3

just really to wait to die. A friend suggested that he reach out to Mayo Clinic in

1:48.3

Jacksonville because maybe they would be a little more aggressive in trying to do a liver

1:53.4

transplant. That's what happened. Mayo Clinic agreed to put him on the transplant list.

2:01.0

That was in 2006. Mr. Ramsey and his wife moved to Jacksonville to wait on a transplant.

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