Dying to Donate, Waiting to Live: The Crisis No One Is Fixing
Miami’s failed OPO made headlines, but it's the U.S. transplant system that's terminal.
On September 18, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services took the extraordinary step of decertifying the Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency, an organ procurement organization (OPO) based at the University of Miami. The move followed investigations revealing repeated safety lapses, chronic understaffing, administrative breakdowns, and at …
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