"A Surgical Team Was About To Harvest This Man's Organs -- Until His Doctor Intervened"
[Larry] Black [a] 22-year-old patient, had arrived at the hospital after getting shot in the head on March 24, 2019. A week later, he was taken to surgery to have his organs removed for donation -- even though his heart was beating and he hadn’t been declared brain-dead, Zohny said.
Black's sister Molly Watts said the family had doubts after agreeing to donate Black’s organs but felt unheard until the 34-year-old doctor, in his first year as a neurosurgeon, intervened.
Today, Black, now 28, is a musician and the father of three children. He still needs regular physical therapy for lingering health issues from the gun injury. And Black said he is haunted by what he remembers from those days while he was lying in a medically induced coma...
This kind of transplant surgery mishap is very rare. But it should be "never", not "rare".
