The nation's organ transplant system will be overhauled following reports of rushed or premature surgeries, health officials said Monday.

The Department of Health and Human Services, under the direction of Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., announced an initiative on Monday to begin reforming the organ transplant system after an investigation uncovered “disturbing practices.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched a reform of the organ-transplant system and threatened to close a major procurement body, after a probe found premature attempts to start organ retrieval while patients showed signs of life.