It is highly unlikely that the recipient is in the same hospital. The ER team who oversees the brain-dead person is not the same team who handles the organ transplantation. The docs who treat the patient with a failed liver aren't the people who decide where the organ(from the deceased donor) goes.
This is a myth that needs to die. Doctors don't 'let someone die' because they are an organ donor. There's a complex system in place to regulate the distribution of organs.
edit: I am a liver transplant recipient.
Re:The Liver: A ‘Blob’ That Runs the Body
by Broken_Hippo on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @07:45AM
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Opt-out. Problem solved. If you are that worried about it, you can opt out. Most folks won't care.
If that first glance was mistaken and the person was in a coma that could recover months from now, then basically a man was killed for his organs.