An Ohio hospital placed two employees on administrative leave this week after admitting the wrong patient received a kidney transplant earlier this month. The kidney given to the wrong patient is compatible and the recipient is expected to recover, the hospital said. We are dismayed that an error recently occurred resulting in one patient receiving a kidney intended for another," WOIO-TV in Cleveland reported. Officials have notified the United Network for Organ Sharing, the organization that manages the national organ transplant system, of the incident. Heather Mekesa, the COO of an organ procurement organization in northeast Ohio, told WKYC that type of mistake is rare.

Source: Fox News July 14, 2021 06:22 UTC