There are some organ procurement organizations that are woefully underperforming - and patients are dying." Dr. “When you look at the data objectively, you just can't help but understand that there are some organ procurement organizations that are woefully underperforming - and patients are dying,” said Karp, who testified to Congress to insist that organ groups face more accountability. Seth Karp, a transplant surgeon who directs the Vanderbilt Transplant Center, said organizations like New England Donor Services need to be held accountable.
The federal agency, which partially funds these groups with taxpayer dollars, reports thousands of potentially-usable organs go unrecovered each year across the country.ĭr. There simply aren’t enough viable organs being recovered to meet the demand.Ī key problem, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, is that the patchwork of nonprofits charged with recovering organs from people who recently died aren't collecting as many as they should. In Massachusetts, nearly 4,800 people are languishing on waitlists for kidneys, livers, lungs, pancreases and hearts. The scrutiny facing New England Donor Services and its peers comes as federal health regulators began to revamp a donation system they say is plagued by outdated technology, wasted organs and long waits for transplant patients. New England Donor Services, a Waltham-based nonprofit that coordinates organ donations and transplants for the region, earned an underperforming grade in the latest review by the federal government of the nation's organ recovery groups.
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