Video: The Organ Transplant List Is Being Ignored

By Brian Rosenthal, Christina Shaman, Christina Thornell, Laura Salaberry, James Surdam and Jeremy White •February 27, 2025

Organ transplant waiting lists are designed to fairly distribute organs to the sickest patients in order of priority. Or so we thought. A New York Times investigation shows that the list leaves many patients waiting for organs despite being next in line. Brian Rosenthal, a New York Times reporter, explains how this list became so unreliable.