"Texas Hospital Investigates Alleged Manipulation of Liver and Kidney Transplant Records"
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston has halted liver and kidney transplants as it investigates "inappropriate changes" to patient records in a government database, which may have prevented patients from receiving new organs. The hospital is looking into alterations to liver donor acceptance criteria that effectively made candidates on the liver transplant waiting list inactive. The US Department of Health and Human Services is involved in the investigation, and the physician under scrutiny, Dr. Steve Bynon Jr., has been removed from leadership roles in the transplant programs. Patients like Mandy Sears, who has been waiting for a kidney transplant, are left uncertain and concerned about their status amidst the allegations.