Baylor St. Luke ’s suspends heart-transplant program, reviewing recent deaths

Baylor St. Luke ’s Medical Center is voluntarily suspending its heart-transplant surgeries for 14 days, the hospital announced June 1.  For the next two weeks, the hospital will not accept donor hearts for transplant. However, the suspension does not affect other heart-failure procedures, such as heart-pump imp lants, or any other transplant programs across the hospital, according to a statement posted on the hospital’s website.  “The hospital will use the time to complete a medical review…
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