A liver transplant program in LA has been halted after improperly arranging a liver transplant for a man not among the highest-priority patients

“The case involves a Saudi national who was 52nd on a transplant list that covers much of Southern California and is based on who is sickest and who has been waiting longest. St. Vincent officials said the liver should have gone to a higher priority patient.

The transplant was done in 2003 and the Saudi Arabia Embassy paid $339,000 for the operation _ up to 30 percent more than what the hospital would normally receive from insurance companies and government programs, Valdespino said.”

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