The "brain dead" Kentucky organ donor who woke up on the operating table endured tragedy and mental health issues that eventually spiraled with his drug overdose, according to a new report.

A nightmare scenario played out at a Kentucky hospital as a transplant donor woke up on the operating table just as doctors were preparing to remove his heart, according to witnesses. Thomas T.J. H… ...

Disaster was averted at a Kentucky hospital when an ostensibly deceased organ donor began “thrashing” around in the operating theater, a preservationist tells NPR. “He was moving around ...

Thomas TJ Hoover II, 36, was declared brain dead following a drug overdose before suddenly showing signs of life on the operating table as doctors prepared to harvest his organs at Baptist Health ...

A patient appears to be on an operating room table in the fibrous tissue photo, WOOD-TV reported Saturday. Spectrum Health investigates photos taken of organs, tissue during operation ...

Organ donor declared legally dead wakes up 'thrashing' on operating table: reports 'He was moving around. And then when we went over there, you could see he had tears coming down,' a witness told NPR ...

A woman in New York state was pronounced dead and about to have her organs removed for transplant when she awoke and opened her eyes.

Table: Organs Damaged by Physiological Mechanisms Triggered ... These interactions should be taken as feasible pathways through which heat can damage vital organs and result in death. Credit. C. Mora.

One image shows a doctor posing with a large human organ in his hand while the patient lies on the operating table. In another, a physician holds an organ that was surgically removed. According to ...

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