Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman's office is “investigating the facts” of the alleged organ donation failure.
Anthony Thomas “TJ” Hoover II's medical history begins about three years ago when his sister suffered a “code blue,” or cardiac arrest, while in the emergency room at Baptist Health Richmond. It started when I was told that I was depressed. WKYT reported. Hoover was deemed brain dead. When his family decided to take him off life support, medical staff told him he was being registered as an organ donor.
Over the next few days, Hoover's organs were examined to see which were viable.
“We walked him in honor Friday afternoon,” said Donna Lawler, Huber's sister. “During the Walk of Honor, his eyes started to open. He was tracking. His eyes were tracking us. We thought it was just a reflex and that it was normal. Who are we to question the health care system?”
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Donna Lawler has been caring for her brother for nearly three years after he was found alive during an organ donation operation. (Facebook/LaDonna Lawler)
Doctors reportedly came out and spoke with the family just about an hour after Hoover's organ removal surgery began.
“He said he wasn't ready. He woke up. But we weren't told that either during the cardiac catheterization that morning, and then he woke up. If I had known that, obviously I would have known that he didn't have brain problems.''–Dead,'' Lawler told the Lexington TV station. “He tried several times to say, 'Hey, I'm here,' but he was ignored. They eventually stopped the procedure because he was showing too many signs of life. did.”
Following an alleged botched organ harvest in 2021, Lawler was told to take her brother home for care and was told he wouldn't live long. He is still alive.
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Russell Coleman was elected as the 52nd Attorney General of Kentucky on November 7, 2023. (Kentucky)
Lawler didn't know the details of what happened all those years ago until January of this year, when she was contacted by someone working with Kentucky Organ Donation. The woman, Nicoletta Martin, and other witnesses came forward during testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee in September, WKYT reported.
Baptist Health did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's investigation, but said in a statement to WKYT: “We work closely with our patients and their families to ensure that their wishes for organ donation are honored. We are striving to do so.”
“My office has been in contact with advocates and members of Kentucky's federal delegation regarding these horrific allegations,” Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman said in a statement to FOX News Digital. “Working with Kentucky law enforcement and prosecution partners, we will continue to investigate the facts to identify the appropriate response.”
Following an alleged botched organ harvest in 2021, Lawler was told to take her brother home for care and was told he wouldn't live long. She still takes care of him. (Facebook/LaDonna Lawler)
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“Incidents like this are alarming, and we want them to be properly reported and evaluated,” says Dolly Dils, president of the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations. told NPR. “And obviously we want to be sure that the individual is actually dying when organ donation is proceeding. And we want to give the public confidence that that's actually happening.” I want you to. This process is sacred.”
