Iowa hospital accused of harvesting patient’s organs without authorization

By: Clark Kauffman

Outlets: Iowa Capital Dispatch

Published: May 7, 2026

Words: 264

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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An Iowa hospital is facing a lawsuit for allegedly harvesting the organs of a deceased patient without first consulting with the patient’s next of kin.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, seeks damages from Alegent Health-Community Memorial Hospital of Missouri Valley, which also does business as CHI Health-Missouri Valley.

The plaintiffs in the case, Christina Gubbels of McLean, Nebraska, and Daun Stoddard of Norfolk, Nebraska, are the biological …

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