Unvaccinated man denied heart transplant by Boston hospital

 DJ Ferguson, 31, is desperately in need of a heart transplant, however, Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston removed him from their list, according to David Ferguson, his dad. David.

The hospital claimed it was in compliance with its guidelines. Brigham and Women's Hospital told the BBC in an announcement: "Given the shortage of available organs, we do everything we can to ensure that a patient who receives a transplanted organ has the greatest chance of survival. A spokesperson said the hospital needs "the Covid-19 vaccine, and lifestyle behaviours for transplant candidates to create both the best chance for a successful operation and to optimise the patient's survival after transplantation, given that their immune system is drastically suppressed". The carefully worded explanation of the hospital could suggest that other causes exist beyond the unvaccinated status of the patient to determine his eligibility, however the hospital refused to provide details of the issue, citing privacy concerns for patients. The hospital said that the majority of the 100,000 patients who are waiting to be placed on lists for organ transplants won't get an organ until five years due to the lack of organs to donate. Mr. Ferguson is in hospital since the Thanksgiving weekend of last year 26 November 2021 and is suffering from a hereditary issue with his heart that causes his lungs be filled with fluid and blood according to GoFundMe. The organizer of the fundraiser stated that Mr Ferguson was worried that he might develop cardiac inflammation - an ensuing side effect of coronavirus vaccination , which is what the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) insists is uncommon and only temporary and could be risky due to the weak heart of The CDC urges transplant recipients and the people in their immediate circle to be fully vaccinated, and then boosted. The daily US deaths from Covid is now matched by Delta Covid vaccines How quickly is the world advancement? Dr. Arthur Caplan, head of medical ethics at NYU's Grossman School of Medicine explained to CBS News that after any organ transplant, the patient's immune system has all but shut down, and an ordinary cold could be fatal. "The organs are scarce, we are not going to distribute them to someone who has a poor chance of living when others who are vaccinated have a better chance post-surgery of surviving," said Dr. Caplan. "I lost my job due to not having been vaccinated' What is the risk of Covid for non-vaccinated Americans? A father of two with an additional baby in the pipeline Mr Ferguson remains in hospital, according to his loved children. "It's his body. It's his choice. This isn't the first time that an unvaccinated American has encountered health challenges in recent days. This month this month, the following month, a Minnesota woman filed a lawsuit against the hospital she was in after doctors tried to get her husband who was not vaccinated off the ventilator that he had been on for the past two months. More than 63 percent of the US population is double-jabbled and approximately 40 percent of Americans have had another booster dose.

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