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Santillan
Dies 2 Days
After 2nd
Transplant
Officials seek cause
of transplant error
Staff Reports
Two weeks of struggling with a mis
matched transplant and ensuing com
plications ended Saturday afternoon
when Jesica Santillan was pronounced
dead at Duke University Hospital.
Santillan’s condition rapidly wors
ened over the weekend, and doctors
informed family members Saturday
morning that Santillan’s brain showed
no signs of activity.
After a final assessment, Santillan
was declared legally dead at 1:25 p.m.
Saturday.
Family members spent the rest of the
day saying goodbye and, according to a
statement released Saturday by doctors,
Santillan’s ventilator support was dis
continued at 5:10 p.m.
Santillan died two weeks after she
received a heart-lung transplant at Duke
University Hospital that did not match
her type O-positive blood. The organs
were from a type A donor.
Duke hospital officials reported that
an error by Dr. James Jaggers was to
blame for the ultimately fatal mix-up.
“I assumed that after providing
Jesica’s name to the organ procurement
organization and after the organs were
released to me for Jesica, that the organs
were compatible,” Jaggers stated in a
report released Wednesday.
Jaggers said he informed Santillan’s
parents immediately after the operation
that an error had been made.
After she received a second heart
lung transplant Thursday, doctors at the
medical center reported that Santillan’s
new heart and lungs were “functioning
acceptably.”
Hospital officials’ said Thursday that
there was “no evidence that her neuro
logical status or other bodily functions
had changed.”
But the 17-year-old’s brain had begun
swelling and bleeding by Friday morn
ing, ultimately leaving her brain-dead.
Dr. William Fulkerson, CEO of Duke
University Hospital, stated in a press
release issued Wednesday that the med
ical center already has begun to review
the events leading up to this fatal error.
“Asa result of this tragic event, it is
clear to us at Duke that we need to have
more robust processes internally and a
better understanding of the responsibili
ties of all partners involved in die organ
procurement process,” the release stated.
Fulkerson stated that the hospital
intends to work more closely widi organ
procurement organizations to ensure
that all steps are taken to maximize
patient safety.
In the Wednesday press release,
Jaggers confirmed the need for better
communication and a better under
standing of individual responsibilities.
Santillan’s family and friends will
See SANTILLAN, Page 2
Md. System Students Sue Over Midyear Tuition Increase
Lawsuit says school in breach of contract
By Amanda Jepsen
Staff Writer ___
Seven students are suing the
University System of Maryland for rais
ing tuition in the middle of the acade
mic year to make up for a systemwide
$67 million budget cut.
Multiple university systems, includ
ing the UNC system in 2001, have
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Above: Dance Marathon committee members raise cards Saturday night at the conclusion of the
24 hours displaying the total amount raised: $167,238.49. Below left: Tommy Rimbach dances
Friday night. Below right: Lindsay Garland crouches Saturday night to rest her legs.
DANCE MARATHON
HITS ALL-TIME HIGH
By Patrick Winn
Staff Writer
Most students would need a pretty good reason to
work the dance floor for 24 hours straight.
Participants in the UNC Dance Marathon have
found one.
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Kelly, overall coordinator of the student-driven event.
This year, the marathon raised an all-time high of
$167,438 for its For the Kids Fund.
“Now we’ve officially raised half a million dollars
for the hospital in the past five years,” Kelly said.
“I’m so excited, and I’m so proud of this University
and all the students who made this happen.”
About 1,000 students, including members of 102
student organizations, participated in the marathon in
some capacity, making it one of the largest student
activities on campus.
This year was die first time that the 500-plus dancers
were required to contribute SSO each to participate.
Once at the marathon, dancers were forbidden to sit
down or even wear a watch, instead occupying them
selves with talking, dancing, and playing games to take
raised tuition after the start of a semes
ter to contend with budget shortfalls,
but the Maryland students are the first
in more than a decade to sue a system
over such a hike.
The Maryland students brought a
class-action lawsuit against the system
Feb. 14, and the first hearing in the case
is scheduled for Tuesday.
Francis Canavan, associate vice
Serving the students and the University community since 1893
their minds off their physical struggle.
“If they can live through these horrifying experi
ences, the least we can do is stay on our feet for just
24 hours,” dancer Dan Anderson said.
Now in its fifth year, the marathon has become the
For more on:
marathon
See Pages 6,7
The dancers raise
money for the N.C.
Children’s Hospital, which
draws patients from all
over the state. With
unhealthy children come
extra costs, such as missed
work, that family members
are forced to bear in addi
tion to medical fees. The
marathon raises funds to
help people make ends
meet.
“The 24-hour commit
ment is symbolic of the
start and end of a sick
child’s day,” said Leia
every three years. Most of the Dance Marathon’s funds
now go toward this budget. Last year, the marathon gen-
erated $122,000.
“Social workers have
said we’re giving them a
magic wand,” said Hospital
Committee Chairwoman
Julie Robinson.
From meal vouchers to
rent payments, the funds
are designed to cover any
expense that can over
whelm parents of sick chil
dren. “They’ve kept trailers
from being repossessed,”
saidjacob Lohr, a 12-year
pediatrician at the chil
dren’s hospital.
Lohr said there is a child
from each of North Carolina’s
100 counties in the 136-bed hospital, which pulls some
parents far away from their hometown jobs.
“(The marathon workers) are giving tremendous
ly,” Lohr said. “(Their work) resounds to the families
what the Dance Marathon is all about.”
See MARATHON, Page 6
chancellor for the Maryland system,
said the state first cut the system’s bud
get by S3O million in November. The
system dealt with that cut by reducing
operating costs and personnel.
When the system was hit with anoth
er cut in January, its governing board
was left with no choice but to raise
tuition midsemester, Canavan said.
“After the state cut another $36 mil
lion in January, the board had to raise
tuition in combination with the reduc
tion of operating costs and personnel,”
Swept Away
UNC concludes sweep of
Seton Hall with 7-6 win.
See Page 12
Monday, February 24, 2003
fergest fund-raising effort on cam
pus, running year-round. Funds
come from change drives, Greek
organization donations and other
charity events between each
marathon.
Before 1998, the hospital’s social
workers were budgeted $15,000
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he said.
But the students claim that the sys
tem had no right to raise tuition, no
matter its budget constraints.
The students enrolled in their
respective universities with the under
standing that they would pay a set
tuition for the year, and the system vio
lated that agreement, said Deborah
Eisenberg, one of the attorneys repre
senting the students.
See LAWSUIT, Page 2
Housekeepers
To Air Woes
In Meeting
Moeser, officials will consider grievances
By Daniel Thigpen
University Editor
Chancellor James Moeser will sit
down to talk with frustrated housekeep
ers this morning, nearly four months
after workers first contacted him about
various concerns with the
Housekeeping Services Department.
Although the meeting is a private dis
cussion between administrators, faculty
and the housekeepers, a group of stu
dents and others is expected to gather at
South Building to express their support
for the workers.
Kelly White, a junior women’s studies
major, is helping to organize part of the
demonstration. Early Friday morning,
White sent an e-mail to a group of people
asking them to attend the gathering at 9
a.m. today. Others since have distributed
the message over e-mail listservs.
The demonstration likely will be a low
key event with no speakers lined up,
White said. “It’s more just to have students
there,” she said. “It’s to show support”
White was not sure how many people
Disasters Increase
Caution in Clubs
Venues could face
surprise inspections
By Courtney B arker
Staff Writer
Local club owners are assessing the
safety precautions taken in their venues
in light of two recent disasters at night
clubs in Chicago and Rhode Island that
combined left more than 120 people
dead.
As of press time, 97 people were
reported dead in a fire that erupted
Thursday at the Station Nightclub in
Rhode Island.
The band Great White’s pyrotechnic
display fit the one-story, wooden build
ing on fire. It was engulfed in flames
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are expected to attend today, but she
said she hopes other housekeepers will
make it to die event.
Inside South Building, Moeser will be
meeting with housekeepers who have
harbored a laundry list of frustrations for
months.
In October, a group of housekeepers
sent a letter to the chancellor asking for a
meeting in regards to various concerns
within the department Moeser requested
that Laurie Charest, associate vice chan
cellor for human resources, set up a meet
ing with Carolyn Elfland, associate vice
chancellor for campus services, and Bill
Burston, director of housekeeping.
The result was two meetings in
December between the administrators
and the housekeepers involved in the
conflict. Charest prepared summaries of
each meeting for the chancellor and
those in attendance.
At least two of the housekeepers at
the forefront of the process were not sat
isfied with the action taken after those
See HOUSEKEEPERS, Page 2
within three minutes.
Only days before, on Feb. 16, an inci
dent at the E 2 Nightclub in Chicago
resulted in the deaths of 21 people.
Security guards used pepper spray to
try to break up a fight on the club’s sec
ond floor, causing a panic that resulted
in a stampede as people tried to escape.
The second floor of the club lost in
July its authorization to operate.
These recent incidents have caused
concern nationwide.
The Raleigh and Durham fire depart
ments responded to the scare by per
forming surprise inspections this week
end in many Triangle nightclubs.
Officials from the Chapel Hill and
Carrboro fire departments said they
have not yet performed such inspec-
See CLUB SAFETY, Page 2
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