Texas hospital halts liver and kidney transplants amid claims doctor denied patients organs

Doctor who helmed abdominal transplant program reportedly manipulated records to make patients ineligible to receive livers

A prominent hospital in Houston has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after officials said one of its doctors secretly manipulated records to make some of his patients ineligible to receive new livers.

Memorial Hermann-Texas medical center said it discovered a pattern of irregularities" with donor acceptance criteria after an investigation found problems with information entered into a database used to match patients awaiting a liver transplant.

Associated Press contributed reporting