Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the move as part of a broader overhaul of the US organ procurement system.
US authorities have moved to shut down an organ donation group accused of pressing ahead with an operation despite a donor showing signs of life.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the move as part of a broader overhaul of the US organ procurement system.
He described Network for Hope, a Kentucky-based nonprofit organization, as “a bad apple” with “persistent safety failures.” One of over 50 such NPOs in the US, it coordinates organ recovery from deceased donors and helps match organs with patients on the national transplant waiting list.
The case at the center of the government's action dates back to October 2021 and involves Anthony Thomas “TJ” Hoover II, a Kentucky man who suffered a drug overdose and was declared brain dead at a local hospital. Hoover's family agreed to donate his organs, and he was prepared for organ recovery surgery.
