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Blackmailed into the vaccine? But it's a choice, right? (as some here like to say)
Does this sound normal? (I know - some of you are going to say "yes")
This is just unconscionable....
Hospital removed sick patients from transplant wait list after they refused to get the COVID vaccine: Report
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A hospital in Washington state has reportedly removed multiple sick patients from its transplant wait list over their decision not to receive a coronavirus vaccine.
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"The cardiologist called me, and we had a discussion, and he informed me that, 'Well, you're going to have to get a vaccination to get a transplant.' And I said, 'Well that's news to me and nobody's ever told me that before.' And he says, 'Yeah, that's our policy,'" Allen recalled.
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According to Rantz, when he reached out to the UW Medical Center for an explanation, the hospital did not deny the allegations. Officials did, however, reject the notion that an official policy is on the books. But Rantz isn't buying it.
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"After emails from several patients [told] the same story of being denied or threatened with denial of treatment over COVID vaccine refusal, it seemed likely that there was a policy," Rantz noted.
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Allen told Rantz that he has so far refused to get a coronavirus vaccine because the potential side effects might be harmful to him, considering his unique heart condition.
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People are removed from transplant lists for not being compliant with their doctor's orders all the time.
So yes, this is typical. You don't want to give an organ to someone who won't follow medical protocol, when so many are waiting who will, and will take full advantage of the blessing of receiving a donated organ.
People are removed from transplant lists for not being compliant with their doctor's orders all the time.
So yes, this is typical. You don't want to give an organ to someone who won't follow medical protocol, when so many are waiting who will, and will take full advantage of the blessing of receiving a donated organ.
Well Mr. Patient we have this heart ready for you, and all you need to do is get vaccinated
So if a heart transplant candidate refuses to stop eating unhealthy food does that count as grounds to deny? What about a liver transplant candidate whose condition was caused by alcohol problems? If medical treatment is refused based on covid vaccine grounds, it needs to be denied for many other situations.
I'm not sure how I feel about it, but I would not feel very comfortable putting the patient on the immunosuppressant anti-rejection drugs they need, and sending them out into the world with COVID around.
If you give them the organ, and they die of COVID, which is a very real possibility considering their current health status, that is like wasting an organ that could have saved someone else.
Decisions like this are usually not so simple. I'm glad I am not the one making them.
So if a heart transplant candidate refuses to stop eating unhealthy food does that count as grounds to deny? What about a liver transplant candidate whose condition was caused by alcohol problems? If medical treatment is refused based on covid vaccine grounds, it needs to be denied for many other situations.
Yes folks waiting for liver transplants who continue drinking are dropped from the list, so are heart and lung patients who continue to smoke, any patient who won't comply with medication regimen. Why wate a viable organ on someone who will ruin it?
There is always far greater demand for organs than there is supply.
If all else is equal, of course you would put others ahead of those who are more likely to have a negative outcome. Those involved have made the assessment that in the current environment, someone unprotected from Covid is at far greater risk. Common sense.
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