According to the documents obtained by the Times-Union, the kidney transplant program had falling survival rates, breaches to its own “adverse events” policy and numerous record-keeping errors in which some patients were not eligible for a kidney transplant.
Shands Jacksonville officials, however, stated that the closing of the program was based on low patient volumes. Emails obtained by the Times-Union showed that hospital officials had misled media and did not disclose the program’s performance and record problems.
Read the entire Florida Times-Union report on the Shands Jacksonville Medical Center transplant program.
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