Houston hospital says doctor’s changes to a database made patients ineligible for liver transplants
04/17/24 at 03:00 AM
Houston hospital says doctor’s changes to a database made patients ineligible for liver transplants
NBC News 13; by Jamie Stengle and Carla K. Johnson, The Associated Press; 4/12/24
A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ. ... Data from OPTN [The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network] shows that four patients died or became too ill for a transplant in 2021, 11 in 2022, 14 in 2023, and so far this year, that number was at five.