Apple CEO Steve Jobs Travelled to Tennessee to Undergo Liver Transplant
Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc., confirmed that he underwent liver transplant two months ago. Jobs who was said to be have recovered from pancreatic cancer a few years ago had to take a medical leave from the company last January because of some medical concerns. It was only last month that it was confirmed that the business executive underwent liver transplant. The liver transplant was performed in Tennessee where Jobs was the patient who needed the surgery the most among those in the waiting list for transplantation. The operation that Jobs underwent is raising questions regarding the fairness of the transplant procedures and the disparity regarding access to organ donations.
Aside from the severity of Job’s diseases, it is also said that Jobs was the perfect candidate for the transplant because he could easily be available for surgery within several hours of the availability of the organ because he had the capacity to travel quickly because he had access to a private plane.
In 1997 Jobs returned to Apple after a 12-year hiatus. It was during this time that Apple grew from a niche computer manufacturing company to a major player in the portable music player market as well as the mobile phone business. In 2004, the CEO disclosed that he had been diagnosed with a rare type of pancreatic cancer. The CEO also disclosed that he had been cured of the disease. In 2007 people began to speculate regarding Job’s health when he appeared to be losing too much weight. In early 2008, Jobs took a medical leave from Apple.
The type of pancreatic cancer that Jobs had involved slow-growing tumors which may have spread to the liver. Having undergone liver transplant could reduce the cancer risk of Jobs.
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