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NEW YORK (WABC) -- A Long Island man is suing New York City Health and Hospitals for authorizing his deceased mother's organs to be donated to LiveOnNY without her or his consent.
When Myriam Hoyos de Baldrich, 69, dementia, arrived at Bellevue Hospital on May 7, 2022, she was an unidentified patient. She had been hit by an L Train around 14th Street in Flatiron and was declared brain dead.
"She didn't have an ID on her, she didn't have any belongings, she was a Jane Doe," Stephanie Echeverria, Hoyos de Baldrich's niece, said in an exclusive interview with Eyewitness News investigative reporter Kristin Thorne.
Hoyos de Baldrich, who had dementia, disappeared from her son's home in Seaford the day prior.
The family filed a missing persons report with the Nassau County Police Department on May 8 - not knowing that Hoyos de Baldrich had already been hit by the subway train and was at Bellevue Hospital.
"We were all out looking for her," Martha Echeverria, Hoyos de Baldrich's sister, said.
On May 18, the family said a detective from the Nassau Police Department called the family saying that Hoyos de Baldrich had been found, but she was dead at Bellevue Hospital and all her organs had been harvested.
"For somebody to make that decision for our family and on her - it blows my mind," Stephanie Echeverria said.
The family provided Eyewitness News with the authorization form they say was used to harvest Hoyos de Baldrich's organs. It shows by checkmark the organs that were authorized for harvesting, including Hoyos de Baldrich's heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, pancreas, stomach, eye, bone, skin, veins, and tissue from her arms and legs. Her organs were authorized to be donated for research and education purposes.
The family said the day after Hoyos de Baldrich's organs were harvested, her body was brought to the New York City Medical Examiner's office. A worker there identified Hoyos de Baldrich by running her fingerprints in a database, according to the family. *detailed long article
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When Myriam Hoyos de Baldrich, 69, dementia, arrived at Bellevue Hospital on May 7, 2022, she was an unidentified patient. She had been hit by an L Train around 14th Street in Flatiron and was declared brain dead.
"She didn't have an ID on her, she didn't have any belongings, she was a Jane Doe," Stephanie Echeverria, Hoyos de Baldrich's niece, said in an exclusive interview with Eyewitness News investigative reporter Kristin Thorne.
Hoyos de Baldrich, who had dementia, disappeared from her son's home in Seaford the day prior.
The family filed a missing persons report with the Nassau County Police Department on May 8 - not knowing that Hoyos de Baldrich had already been hit by the subway train and was at Bellevue Hospital.
"We were all out looking for her," Martha Echeverria, Hoyos de Baldrich's sister, said.
On May 18, the family said a detective from the Nassau Police Department called the family saying that Hoyos de Baldrich had been found, but she was dead at Bellevue Hospital and all her organs had been harvested.
"For somebody to make that decision for our family and on her - it blows my mind," Stephanie Echeverria said.
The family provided Eyewitness News with the authorization form they say was used to harvest Hoyos de Baldrich's organs. It shows by checkmark the organs that were authorized for harvesting, including Hoyos de Baldrich's heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, pancreas, stomach, eye, bone, skin, veins, and tissue from her arms and legs. Her organs were authorized to be donated for research and education purposes.
The family said the day after Hoyos de Baldrich's organs were harvested, her body was brought to the New York City Medical Examiner's office. A worker there identified Hoyos de Baldrich by running her fingerprints in a database, according to the family. *detailed long article
Lawsuit: Hospital authorized harvesting of organs from unidentified woman
A Long Island man is suing New York City Health and Hospitals for authorizing his deceased mother's organs to be donated without consent.