Houston hospital halts liver and kidney transplants after learning a doctor manipulated some records
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston has halted its liver transplant and kidney transplant programs
HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after discovering that a doctor manipulated records for liver transplant candidates, according to a media report.
“Inappropriate changes … effectively inactivated the candidates on the liver transplant waiting list,” Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center said in a statement published Thursday in the Houston Chronicle. “Subsequently, these patients did not/were not able to receive organ donation offers while inactive.”
The doctor was not identified, and the hospital did not respond to requests for comment by The Associated Press.
The hospital stopped the liver transplant program April 3 after learning of “irregularities” with donor acceptance criteria. An investigation found problems with information entered into a database used to match donor organs with patients, but the hospital did not provide details.
