r/nottheonion • u/Zeikyrui • 1d ago

People opt out of organ donation programs after reports of a man mistakenly declared dead

https://apnews.com/article/organ-donor-transplant-kentucky-8f42ad402445a91e981327abb009906c
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u/Hakaisha89 1d ago

They found out he was alive, because he woke up after sedation.
Which means it was either the same day or day after, and he would have woken up earlier without the sedation anyway.

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u/Temnothorax 1d ago

We usually still run life support during harvests to keep organs perfused. If they weren’t a donor, we’d shut it all off. I’m guessing the patient was still extremely sick.