Hospital says vaccine is one of many immunizations required by most U.S. transplant programsAn undated photo of D.J. Ferguson, whose family claimed he was denied a new heart for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19.The family of D.J. Ferguson said in a crowdfunding appeal this week that officials at Brigham and Women's Hospital told the 31-year-old father of two that he was ineligible for the procedure because he hasn't been vaccinated against the coronavirus.
"D.J. is an informed patient," Tracey Ferguson said in a brief interview at her home in Mendon, about 50 kilometres southwest of Boston. "He wants to be assured by his doctors that his condition would not be worse or fatal with this COVID vaccine." The hospital said research has shown that transplant recipients are at higher risk than non-transplant patients of dying from COVID-19, and that its policies are in line with the recommendations of the American Society of Transplantation and other health organizations.
"There are currently more than 100,000 candidates on wait lists for organ transplantation and a shortage of available organs — around half of people on waiting lists will not receive an organ within five years," the hospital said.Hospitals in other states have faced similar criticism for denying transplants to patients who weren't vaccinated against COVID-19.
"A donor heart is a precious and scarce gift which must be cared for well," said Dr. Howard Eisen, medical director for the advanced heart failure program at Penn State University in Hershey, Penn. "Our goal is to preserve patient survival and good outcomes post-transplant."
that sounds like an oxymoron, considering people are denied liver transplants if they won't quit drinking. Wouldn't this be the same, risking your heart with possible vacc' side effects? Just shows you're all in on this together.
This headline.... There are over 100k people awaiting transplants, and due to the shortage of organs they are prioritizing, “patients most likely to survive the procedure and afterwards”. This guy’s family is pissed because he’s not being pushed to the front of the line.
Jajajajaja
No Excuses. Of course Transplant patients need to be vaccinated! Humans that donated organs hoped their organs would help a Transplant Patient live a long life! not organs be wasted on a person who could get seriously ill from Covid-19 & DIE within days or weeks!
What’s the reason for not vaccinating? Scared of a tiny chip implanted? Growing an extra limb? More passive aggressive….no one is telling him what to do? 🤔
Someone who’s smarter and will take care of the transplant should get it.
When it comes to qualifying for organ transplants, your approval mainly depends upon your risk factors, nothing new here.
No sympathy. Get vaxxed or get out.
Most Torontonians … 😜
Thats disgusting!!!!! I guess North American is the new china!
Meanwhile in Canada....
I would have thought COVID 19 vaccines would be a no no for organ transplant patients because of the high risk of blood clots after an organ transplantation and the risk of blood clots, myocarditis and pericarditis with COVID 19 vaccines.
This shouldn’t even be news. It’s routine
good, let him expire and give the heart to someone deserving
There were many new borns during pandemic, and there were no immunization requirements by hospitals. Why now? Don not blame the program itself, it’s the evil spirits who made the decision. Do the program also requires flu shot for each patient?
Next in line please
Does this clown not realize that contracting an infection during surgery is a higher probability than acquiring a side effect from the vaccine?
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