Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The Department of Health and Human Services announced Thursday that it will decertify an organ procurement organization following an investigation that found years of unsafe practices in a number of areas.
A report from the HHS found poor training, chronic underperformance, understaffing and paperwork errors.
"In one 2024 case, a mistake led a surgeon to decline a donated heart for a patient awaiting transplant surgery," a release from the agency said.
The desertification of the Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency, which is part of the University of Miami Health System, is among HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. 's reform efforts announced in July.
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