LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Hundreds of people are removing their names from the Kentucky Donor Registry amid a federal investigation into Louisville-based Network for Hope over claims it tried to harvest organs from some people who woke up after being declared brain dead.
In a document given to Congress, the nonprofit’s CEO Barry Massa wrote about removals from the registry. He wrote that more than 2,100 people took their names off the list from September to December of last year. That includes more than 1,000 names removed just last October, he said.
The influx in name removals comes after the story of a Richmond, Kentucky, man became public. TJ Hoover was declared brain dead and nearly had his organs removed in 2021, but woke up…