Transplant donor wakes up on operating table as doctors prepare to remove his heart in nightmare scenario: witnesses

Oct 17, 2024

A nightmare scenario played out at a Kentucky hospital as a transplant donor woke up on the operating table just as doctors prepared to remove his heart, according to witnesses. Thomas T.J. Hoover was taken to Baptist Health Richmond Hospital in Kentucky in October 2021 after overdosing on drugs. Doctors declared him braindead and proceeded...