The United Network for Organ Sharing is furloughing 90 of its employees due to the federal government shutdown and a lapse in reimbursement for months of work, the nonprofit said Wednesday.
UNOS, headquartered in Richmond, is the federal government’s contractor that operates the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network.
UNOS will continue to operate the organ matching system that allows needy patients to receive kidneys, lungs and other organs from people who recently died.
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