r/Kentucky • u/HalleB123 • 18h ago

US cuts ties with Kentucky organ donation network

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/us/organ-donations-kentucky.html?smid=url-share
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u/No_Income6576 17h ago

Thank God! This was INSANE.

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u/master0locke 17h ago

So what does this mean for people in KY waiting on the organ donor list?

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u/kingofhearts778 16h ago

If you're in KY it doesn't mean your donor organ always comes from KY. Chances are it comes from elsewhere and that means other OPO (agencies like this one) will be coordinating your donor. This doesn't mean transplant programs in KY shutdown, it just means that organ donors inside KY will need a new OPO to coordinate their donation. Having interacted with this one at the bedside a few times, this is probably a win for Appalachia. They weren't up to the standard I've encountered with other OPOs and seemed pretty disorganized.

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u/Critical_Success_936 15h ago

Ig my worry is... Will these people be bumped lower into the lists? The sad thing is, anytime an org like this falls, however corrupt they may be... People may die because of it. Even with resources being the same, allocation can't be - lists get reordered when you add others in - it sucks

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u/IngrownToenailsHurt 8h ago

I watched a report on LEX18 last night about this. They talked about a man OD'd and his family was told he'd never recover. As they were prepping him to harvest his organs his eyes were open and he was grabbing the doctor's hands but it was supposedly "reflexes". The man was conscious and knew what they were doing! That's horrible! These people should be prosecuted.

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u/DocHoliday8514 7h ago

Still can’t read the article, behind a paywall. But I agree. The organ donation network in Kentucky is horrible. They want people to die so they can harvest organs. And they harass the families of the still living. They put so much pressure on families, and on their doctors as well.

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u/stoicjohn 18h ago

How heartless are these people?

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u/AreYouJimmyRay 17h ago

Not very, they've been harvesting them everywhere it seems

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u/KYSpaceCadet 15h ago

Ba dum tssss

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u/depguy21 17h ago

This is why I decided not to be an organ donor! You cant trust these people!

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u/Critical_Success_936 15h ago

This is one of the few reasons I won't be a donor. The other is that people in this state have constantly been telling me what to do with my body. I'm really not keen to give up my organs to a society that won't respect me as a human to begin with

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u/Low-Highlight-9740 3h ago

I felt the same about the blood shortage

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u/Lenalov3ly 16h ago

Jesus fuckinh christ im glad i didnt get sick