US EditionNew Jersey group attempted to harvest organs from patient with signs of life, House panel alleges
Nearly a dozen whistleblowers allege NJ Sharing Network skipped patients and discarded 100 pancreata in 2024, prompting a House investigation into possible legal violations.
- Wednesday, House chairmen Jason Smith and David Schweikert opened an investigation into NJ Sharing Network after nearly a dozen whistleblowers prompted demands for documents and interviews from over 30 employees, setting a Dec. 3 deadline.
- Allegations of fraud and cover-ups prompted the oversight inquiry after nearly a dozen whistleblowers provided evidence, with chairmen raising questions about the nonprofit’s tax-exempt status and legislative reforms.
- House evidence highlights both clinical and records-related misconduct, including staff told to proceed despite signs of life at Virtua Lourdes and missing records on 100 pancreata discarded in 2024.
- With over 100,000 Americans on the transplant waiting list, the probe raises public-trust concerns as affected patients reportedly died or worsened after allocation skips.
- NJ Sharing Network operates from New Providence and partners with 54 hospitals; a spokesman did not immediately respond Wednesday amid probes following more than 46,000 organ transplants completed in 2023.
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New Jersey organ procurement organization under congressional investigation after ‘alarming’ whistleblower claims
By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US House Ways and Means Committee said Wednesday that it is investigating the organ procurement organization for the New Jersey region for what it called “extreme abuse of public trust” and possible illegal activity, including trying to procure organs from people who didn’t volunteer to be donors and, in at least one case, trying to continue with the organ recovery process in a patient who had “reanimated.” Th…
New Jersey organ procurement organization under congressional investigation after ‘alarming’ whistleblower claims
By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US House Ways and Means Committee said Wednesday that it is investigating the organ procurement organization for the New Jersey region for what it called “extreme abuse of public trust” and possible illegal activity, including trying to procure organs from people who didn’t volunteer to be donors and, in at least one case, trying to continue with the organ recovery process in a patient who had “reanimated.” Th…
New Jersey organ procurement organization under congressional investigation after ‘alarming’ whistleblower claims
By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US House Ways and Means Committee said Wednesday that it is investigating the organ procurement organization for the New Jersey region for what it called “extreme abuse of public trust” and possible illegal activity, including trying to procure organs from people who didn’t volunteer to be donors and, in at least one case, trying to continue with the organ recovery process in a patient who had “reanimated.” Th…
New Jersey organ procurement organization under congressional investigation after ‘alarming’ whistleblower claims
By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US House Ways and Means Committee said Wednesday that it is investigating the organ procurement organization for the New Jersey region for what it called “extreme abuse of public trust” and possible illegal activity, including trying to procure organs from people who didn’t volunteer to be donors and, in at least one case, trying to continue with the organ recovery process in a patient who had “reanimated.” Th…
New Jersey organ procurement organization under congressional investigation after ‘alarming’ whistleblower claims
By Jen Christensen, CNN (CNN) — The US House Ways and Means Committee said Wednesday that it is investigating the organ procurement organization for the New Jersey region for what it called “extreme abuse of public trust” and possible illegal activity, including trying to procure organs from people who didn’t volunteer to be donors and, in at least one case, trying to continue with the organ recovery process in a patient who had “reanimated.” Th…
New Jersey organ procurement organization under congressional investigation after ‘alarming’ whistleblower claims
The US House Ways and Means Committee said Wednesday that it is investigating the organ procurement organization for the New Jersey region for what it called “extreme abuse of public trust” and possible illegal activity, including trying to procure organs from people who didn’t volunteer to be donors and, in at least one case, trying to continue with the organ recovery process in a patient who had “reanimated.”
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