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The Trump administration announced on Thursday what officials called a "historic" crackdown on the nation’s troubled organ procurement system, pledging stronger oversight, accountability and patient safety reforms.

"Every American should feel safe becoming an organ donor and giving the gift of life," HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during a press conference.

"Yet decades of ignored patient safety concerns have driven more and more Americans off the donor list. Today, under President Trump’s leadership, we are taking bold action and historic action to restore trust in the organ procurement process."

ORGAN DONORS' LIVES ENDANGERED BY RUSHED TRANSPLANT PROCEDURES, INVESTIGATION FINDS

For the first time in U.S. hist

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