LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A U.S. House subcommittee was scheduled to hold a hearing Tuesday to address safety lapses in organizations that handle organ transplants.
The hearings come after a federal investigation into Louisville-based nonprofit Network for Hope after claims that the organization tried to harvest organs from some people who woke up after being declared brain dead.
Investigators examined more than 350 of the company’s cases and discovered approximately 70 patients had neurological problems that made them unfit for organ donation, but they were not rejected…