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RFK Jr. reopens probe into organ harvesting scandals

US organ donation news

In a development that is sending shockwaves through the U.S. healthcare system, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has reopened a federal investigation into alleged organ harvesting from patients who may not have been clinically dead at the time of procurement.

The probe, initiated after a detailed review by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), uncovered troubling practices in the U.S’s organ transplant system. HRSA examined 351 cases in which organ donation was authorised but ultimately not carried out. Of those, 103 cases—nearly 30%—raised serious red flags, with 73 patients exhibiting neurological signs incompatible with legal organ donation.

Most alarmingly in at least 28 cases there is credible concern that patients were not deceased when surgeons began the process of removing their organs. The findings highlight a system plagued by inadequate neurological assessments, poor coordination among medical teams, misclassified causes of death, and questionable consent protocols, especially in overdose-related fatalities.

The Biden administration reportedly closed the initial investigation without public disclosure. The case has been revived and is now being handled as a matter of urgent national concern.

The revelation has ignited outrage among patient advocacy groups and ethical watchdogs, who are calling for full transparency, criminal investigations where warranted, and systemic overhauls of how organ donation is authorised and monitored.

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  1. If this has happened, then there is no way that this can be described any way other than unlawfully taking a life, whether they stole one minute, one hour, or one day of a life; this is a criminal offence and must be treated as such. To downgrade it to an administrative error or a systemic policy error would be criminal on the part of the investigators.

  2. The white coats are slick, they sit the family members down, give them a cup of tea then shock them with how awful the victims life will be IF they recover.

    Organs can not be transplanted from a body that does not have blood pumping at the time of removal, then the organ can go on ice.

    There are many examples of peoples brain activity recovering a short time after trauma. The white coats know this, so they get in quick.

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