US 'kidney sisters' must lose weight before transplant

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Two sisters whose life sentences in Mississippi were dropped on the condition one donates a kidney to the other must lose a combined 160lb (73kg) before the transplant, doctors say.

Jamie and Gladys Scott, who had been in jail for 16 years, were freed on 7 January because Jamie suffers from kidney failure.

They were convicted in 1994 for a robbery that netted a mere $11 (£7).

Doctors are also requiring Gladys to stop smoking cigarettes.

Jamie Scott, 38, told the Associated Press news agency that she must drop 100lb and Gladys, 36, lose 60lb before their doctors will test their compatibility for a transplant.


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