Three years ago, Dr. Hootan Roozrokh was acquitted of hastening a patient's death in order to procure his organs. I have written about other cases in Pennsylvania, Florida and elsewhere. Now, there is a new case in New York City.
Patrick McMahon, a former transplant coordinator,for the New York Organ Donor Network alleges that NYODN pressured hospital staffers to declare patients brain dead so their body parts could be harvested.
Here is just one example cited in the complaint: In September 2011, a 19-year-old man injured in a car wreck was admitted to Nassau University Medical Center. He was still trying to breathe and showed signs of brain activity. But doctors declared him brain dead under pressure from donor-network officials, including Director Michael Goldstein, who allegedly said during a conference call: “This kid is dead, you got that?”
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