The legislator shares a personal history with organ donation in the midst of supply problems

The president of House Energy and Commerce, the Brett Guthrie representative, R-KY., Mumed on Tuesday in Fox News Digital in which his personal experience with the transplantation of organs has shaped his vision of the system, which, according to him, must ensure that families are confident so that they do not be afraid to give essential organs.

On Tuesday, the Sub-Comité de l’énergie et de la Chambre on surveys and surveillance held an audience with Dr. Raymond Lynch, head of the branch of the Transplantation of Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Organ leaders provide organization (OPO) and the non-profit organ sharing network that serves Kentucky, southwest of Ohio and certain parts of Virginia-Western were also present.

The investigation follows a shocking HRSA investigation which revealed that Kentucky hospitals and OPOs allowed organ supply processes to start despite patients showing signs of life. The survey finally revealed that since December 2024, out of 351 cases involving patients who had been authorized for the purchase of organs, but the organs were not recovered, 29% showed neurological signs not conducive to the purchase of organs.

“My big concern is that people will not do it – if they do not trust the system – will not feel like to register as organ donor,” said Guthrie between the panels during the hearing on Tuesday.

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Brett Guthrie, whose mother died while waiting for a liver transplant, is addressed to the purchasing practices of alarming organs while stressing the importance of maintaining the participation of donors. (Getty Images)

“People need to trust the system, or at least know the questions to wonder if they are in this final step with their beloved,” said Guthrie. “Because when you are sitting there, and you prepare to get your next one – I hope you have luck in life – you too, while you sit there, know that there is another family in another emergency room elsewhere by having a different experience. And they lose a loved one, but they are ready – to the right, either pre -conceived, or they are ready to let their loved one live.”

Guthrie’s experience comes from her mother, who died while waiting for a new liver. He told how she was, at one point, that they had found her a new liver, but when the surgeon went to get the new organ, it was not adequate to be transplanted.

Despite the assurances she was at the top of the list, Guthrie’s mother never found an organ in time before decreasing so quickly that neither the Congress member or any of her relatives could try a live transplant procedure. The live procedure allows a living person to give part of their organ, which will reproduce later but can help repair the damaged organ in the person receiving partial transplant.

A federal survey on organ donation revealed that 29% of potential organ donors have shown neurological signs that are not conducive to purchases before stopping the supply process. (istock)

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Guthrie said that despite the alarming evidence discovered by HRSA’s investigation, he always intends to keep his donor status, adding “we need more people to make a donation”. Currently, around 100,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant.

Although the HRSA survey has surveyed several cases, he highlighted a particular case in particular when the staff was so uncomfortable to start the organ supply process following visible signs of life that some refused to participate. At this stage, after the staff witnessed tears to run over the patient’s face, the process finally stopped, but not after the patient sat in the operating room preparing for organ donation for about 45 minutes.

A human organ ready for transplantation is transported to an ambulance. (istock)

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“It should never have happened to the point of being in the operating room,” said Guthrie about the case. “There was a lot of indications that this person was not going to die.”

Guthrie added that the problem is bipartite and said that work would be done when confidence in the system would have been strengthened.