Sebelius won't intervene in girl's transplant case

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Sebelius won't intervene in girl's transplant case

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sebelius-wont-intervene-girls-transplant-case-190719816.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/89AIrbjKzfrtpuGQcfikAA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/bc561282b952d212330f6a7067005524.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="In this May 30, 2013 photo provided by the Murnaghan family, Sarah Murnaghan, left, lies in her hospital bed next to adopted sister Ella on the 100th day of her stay in Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The 10-year-old suburban Philadelphia girl has been hospitalized at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for three months with end-stage cystic fibrosis. Her family wants an exception made for Sarah to get an adult lung, because so few pediatric lungs become available. Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, says she doesn't want to intervene in transplant decisions when other children are just as sick. Sarah's relatives say they want the policy changed for all children awaiting a lung transplant, not just Sarah. (AP Photo/Murnaghan family)" align="left" title="In this May 30, 2013 photo provided by the Murnaghan family, Sarah Murnaghan, left, lies in her hospital bed next to adopted sister Ella on the 100th day of her stay in Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The 10-year-old suburban Philadelphia girl has been hospitalized at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for three months with end-stage cystic fibrosis. Her family wants an exception made for Sarah to get an adult lung, because so few pediatric lungs become available. Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, says she doesn't want to intervene in transplant decisions when other children are just as sick. Sarah's relatives say they want the policy changed for all children awaiting a lung transplant, not just Sarah. (AP Photo/Murnaghan family)" border="0" /></a>PHILADELPHIA (AP) â€" The U.S. health secretary said she won't intervene in an &quot;incredibly agonizing&quot; transplant decision about a dying Pennsylvania girl, noting that three other children in the same hospital are just as sick.</p><br clear="all"/>

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