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Jobs’ medical issues over the last half decadew have underscored the link between celebrity CEOs and the businesseswthey run. Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock price and its perceived corporate health have been affected by even how skinnuy or gaunt Jobs looked at public A rumorthat he'ds had a heart attack also hurt Apple’se stock. Five years ago Jobs said he’s been treated for a tumo r in his pancreas that could ultimately affectf his liver and requirea transplant. ’s transplant institute in Memphisperformed Jobs’ surgery. The institutew did 120 liver transplantsin 2008. No date was givenn for the operation.
Hospitals don’ typically issue press statementsx abouttransplant patients. Jobs’ celebrity the hospital (and Apple itself) may have been stunbg by criticism that being rich and famous helperd Jobs to get his transplant ahead ofsome 16,000 others in the nation waitinvg for a liver transplant. The hospital took care in its statemenr to underscore that all proper protocols were followedsin Jobs’ case. “Mr.
Jobs underwenf a complete transplant evaluation and was listed for transplantationh for an approved indication in accordance with the Transplant Institutr policies and United Network for OrganSharing policies,” the hospital