Hospital confirms Steve Jobs' liver transplant
Putting to rest the speculation surrounding Apple Inc.'s Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs' health, Dr. James D. Eason, chief of transplantation at the Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute Memphis, confirmed yesterday that the CEO had received a liver transplant there and that he was "recovering well and has an excellent prognosis".
The disclosure was apparently made with the permission of Steve Jobs. Eason refrained from giving details as to when the operation was performed, citing patient privacy. However, according to other reports, he had the transplant two months ago.
There had been a lot of conjectures regarding the executive’s health, when he appeared gaunt and thin at the Worldwide Developers Conference last June. Apple insisted that Jobs' health was a private matter, but in early January, Jobs announced that he was taking medical leave to deal with health issues.
In August 2004, Jobs underwent successful surgery to treat a rare form of pancreatic cancer, which laid him up until September of that year. The rumors doing the rounds over the past year had been over whether that cancer had returned.
The disclosure was apparently made with the permission of Steve Jobs. Eason refrained from giving details as to when the operation was performed, citing patient privacy. However, according to other reports, he had the transplant two months ago.
There had been a lot of conjectures regarding the executive’s health, when he appeared gaunt and thin at the Worldwide Developers Conference last June. Apple insisted that Jobs' health was a private matter, but in early January, Jobs announced that he was taking medical leave to deal with health issues.
In August 2004, Jobs underwent successful surgery to treat a rare form of pancreatic cancer, which laid him up until September of that year. The rumors doing the rounds over the past year had been over whether that cancer had returned.
(Via Money Times)
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