Donor unexpectedly comes back to life during heart removal surgery
A Kentucky donor declared brain dead had his organs ready for harvest when he came back to life.
Doctors made the incredible conclusion that the donor was still alive.
Two doctors in the operating room refused to carry out the operation when they saw that the donor was clearly crying, The Independent reports.
Organ preservation specialist Natasha Miller, in the operating room, said the donor was clearly moving, as if tossing and turning on the bed.
Two doctors refused to take part in an organ harvesting operation when they realized the donor had been mistakenly declared dead.
The revived patient was a 36-year-old man who was hospitalized in Kentucky after a drug overdose.
Ultimately, the operation to remove the donor organs was cancelled.
The clinic's employees remembered this moment. Some of them quit after the high-profile incident.
Doctors say they are scared that such things can happen.
The Kentucky Attorney General's Office is investigating this case to review all the facts for an appropriate response.
