When it comes to organ transplants, every second counts.
That is why Brazilian firefighters said they took a helicopter to the top of a mountain in the southeastern state of Rio de Janeiro this month to tell Ricardo Medeiros de Oliveira they had found him a much-awaited new kidney.
Oliveira, a 48-year-old tourist guide who has been waiting for a transplant for nine years, was hiking in a remote mountain area when he received a notification informing him that there was a compatible organ for him."He would have lost this organ if he had not gotten to the hospital in time," firefighter spokesperson Major Fabio Contreiras said."It was a huge mix of emotions, I didn't know whether to laugh, whether to cry, whether to believe," Oliveira said.
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