{"id":1589326,"date":"2022-08-04T15:03:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T19:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1589326"},"modified":"2022-08-04T15:03:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T19:03:44","slug":"senate-committee-investigation-finds-us-organ-transplant-network-failing-endangering-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-committee-investigation-finds-us-organ-transplant-network-failing-endangering-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Committee Investigation Finds US Organ Transplant Network Failing, Endangering Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-committee-investigation-finds-us-organ-transplant-network-failing-endangering-lives%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1589326&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Dozens of deaths and\u00a0illnesses in the United States among individuals who either received or were in need of organ transplants were caused by a lack of oversight\u00a0from the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS),\u00a0according to a Senate Finance Committee investigation report released on Aug. 3.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate report (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finance.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/UNOS%20Hearing%20Memo.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) examined 1,118 complaints filed from 2010 to 2020 against organ procurement organizations (OPOs) by families, transplant centers, and\u00a0anonymous individuals, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Those complaints detailed a string of allegations, such as OPOs failing to complete critical, mandatory tests on patients for things like blood types, disease, and infection, and some patients having to have\u00a0organs removed after the transplant.<\/p>\n<p>The committee found that between\u00a0January 2008 and September 2015, organs and tissues from 211 donors transmitted diseases, and 249 recipients developed donor-derived diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 249 people who developed diseases from the donated organs they received, 70 died.<\/p>\n<p> Organs Left at Airports, Never Delivered <\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the investigation found that 53 complaints had been submitted alleging \u201ctransportation failures\u201d when life-saving organs were being delivered, including incidents in which\u00a0the courier service requested by the OPO did not arrive in time to get the organs to their flight or transplant center.<\/p>\n<p>In other cases, the organs were simply never picked up or abandoned at airports, the committee said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u00a0committee,\u00a0the U.S. transplant network is failing and jeopardizing the lives of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>The committee\u2019s investigation found that the OPTN is failing to provide adequate oversight\u00a0of the nation\u2019s 57 OPOs,\u00a0resulting in fewer available organs for transplant.<\/p>\n<p>It also found that the\u00a0lack of oversight by UNOS \u201ccauses avoidable failures in organ procurement and transplantation resulting in risks to patient safety,\u201d including\u00a0testing procedure errors and transportation issues that resulted in life-saving organs being lost or destroyed in transit.<\/p>\n<p>The committee also said that\u00a0UNOS \u201clacks [the] technical expertise to modernize the OPTN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of deaths and\u00a0illnesses in the United States among individuals who either received or were in need of organ transplants were caused by a lack of oversight\u00a0from the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS),\u00a0according to a Senate Finance Committee investigation report released on Aug. 3. 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