HHS Rapid Response @HHSResponse - Video: BREAKING: Today, @SecKennedy announced that @HHSGov will decertify Network for Hope, a federally designated organ procurement organization, after multiple federal reviews found persistent patient safety failures despite extensive oversight and repeated opportunities to correct them. https://x.com/HHSResponse/status/2085090896173842603
HHS Rapid Response @HHSResponse - Video: .@SecKennedy: “We found patients placed on the organ donation pathway who should never have been there. We found cases where the donation process continued despite signs that patients were not appropriate organ donors." https://x.com/HHSResponse/status/2085091197068980437
HHS Rapid Response @HHSResponse - Video: .@SecKennedy: “One of those cases involved T.J. Hoover. T.J. showed signs of awareness while on the operating table about to have his organs removed. Physicians refused to proceed with the organ recovery because they believed he was still alive. Because they acted, T.J. is alive and is here with us today.” https://x.com/HHSResponse/status/2085091607913603492
HHS Rapid Response @HHSResponse - Video: .@SecKennedy: “When an organization entrusted with the gift of life repeatedly puts patients at risk, the federal government has the duty to act. That’s why we’re acting today.” https://x.com/HHSResponse/status/2085091888407662721
HHS Rapid Response @HHSResponse - Video: .@SecKennedy: “@POTUS directed this administration to restore integrity, strengthen patient protections, and rebuild trust in the American organ donor system…responsibility demands excellence. It demands transparency. And above all, it demands respect for the dignity and sanctity of every human life.”