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A New York woman who donated a kidney so her ailing boss would move up the transplant waiting list says she was fired shortly after the operation, Reuters reported.

Deborah Stevens, a former employee of Atlantic Automotive, said she learned that her boss Jacqueline Brucia was in need of a kidney in November 2010, and said she then told Brucia she would donate one.

Though her kidney was not a match for Brucia, she agreed to donate it to a stranger, setting up a transplant chain that enabled Brucia to receive a better-matched kidney from a donor in San Francisco.

After the operation, Stevens said the company discriminated against her over disabilities brought about by complications from the surgery, and finally fired her. She plans to sue the company for lost earnings and damages.

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女子捐肾帮老板却遭开除

       据路透社报道，纽约的一名女子捐出一颗肾，好让她生病的老板做移植手术能排上号，但她称，手术不久她便被开除。

       大西洋汽车公司的前员工黛博拉·斯蒂文斯称，2010年11月她得知老板杰奎琳·布鲁西亚需要一颗肾，后告知布鲁西亚她可捐出一颗。

       虽然她的肾和布鲁西亚不太匹配，但她同意把肾捐给一个陌生人，这样便可建起移植链，使得布鲁西亚能从旧金山的捐献者处得到更加匹配的肾。

       手术后，斯蒂文斯称，手术并发症使她致残，公司就此对她倍加歧视，最后开除了她。她打算起诉公司，寻求损失的薪酬和赔偿金。

(China.org.cn April 26, 2012)