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Texas Surgeon Is Accused of Secretly Denying Liver Transplants

  • A doctor allegedly manipulated the national transplant database to exclude his own patients from liver transplants, as reported by KHOU 11.
  • The hospital paused its liver donation program due to irregularities in donor acceptance criteria, affecting only the liver transplant program within the hospital, according to KHOU 11.
  • The hospital subsequently halted its kidney donation program due to issues with the programs' leadership structure, per KHOU 11.
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Houston hospital says doctor’s changes to a database made patients ineligible for liver transplants

A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new organ. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center said in a statement Friday that their ongoing investigation found that a doctor had made “inappropriate changes” in a database for people awaiting liver transplants. Memorial Hermann’s statement didn’t name the docto…

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Houston ChronicleHouston Chronicle

Memorial Hermann halts kidney, liver transplants after report of altered records

New report alleges document manipulation led to patients not receiving life-saving organs.

·Houston, United States
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Ars TechnicaArs Technica

Texas surgeon accused of secretly blocking patients from getting transplants

The motive for the alleged data manipulation is unknown.

·United States
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The IndependentThe Independent

Transplant doctor accused of secretly denying new livers to patients who later died

Memorial Hermann in Texas has halted two of its transplant programmes amid the accusations

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Texas Surgeon Accused of Manipulating Government Database to Deny Liver Transplants

A respected Houston transplant surgeon has been accused of altering database information for patients waiting on a new liver — and now, his former employer is admitting that parts of the allegations are true. As the New York Times reports, surgeon J. Steve Bynon of Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston allegedly changed government database records to preclude his own patients from getting liver transplants, and many of them died while…

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National PostNational Post

Houston hospital halts liver and kidney transplants after learning a doctor manipulated some records

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.

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DNyuz broke the news in on Thursday, April 11, 2024.
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