Organ scandal.
Organ Scandal: St. Vincent Medical Center St. Vincent Medical Center may refer to: - St. Vincent Medical Center — Los Angeles, California
- Providence St. Vincent Medical Center — Portland, Oregon
, one of the largest organ
transplant organ transplant: see transplantation, medical. centers in the state, suspended its liver program after
discovering that its doctors improperly arranged for a transplant to a
Saudi national using an organ that should have gone to a higher priority
patient. Hospital staff members then falsified documents to cover up the
alleged maneuver, hospital Chief Executive Gus Valdespino confirmed. The
transplant took place in September 2003 and was paid for by the Royal
Embassy of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (sä `dē ərā`bēə, sou`–, sô–), officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est. pop. , the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times
Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). reported.
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