Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center reveals that a doctor made inappropriate changes in a database for liver transplant patients, rendering them ineligible for a new organ.
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center said in a statement Friday that their ongoing investigation found that a doctor had made “inappropriate changes” in a database for people awaiting liver transplant s.after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weeklyShutting down the transplant programs during the investigation is prudent with an “allegation of this magnitude,” said Karen Maschke, a research scholar at the Hastings Center, a medical ethics think tank. “They know full well that when they put a program on hold, it’s going to have a really serious impact on patients. So I think they probably don’t make that decision lightly.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement that they were “working across the department to address this matter.” The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, or OPTN, said it"cannot comment on any potential or ongoing review of a member organization.”
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