Transplant was suspended because the patient refuses the anticovid vaccine
The complainant guarantees that it was his son's turn to receive the proper heart transplant. The regulations of the emergency clinic indicate that they cannot treat him, since he has not received the Covid-19 immunization.
DJ Ferguson is 31 years old and, despite the fact that he is exhausting all the time available for a medical procedure, he does not give importance to the Coronavirus vaccine.
Ferguson is fighting for her life at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Meanwhile, David Ferguson, his father, spoke for the patient, whom he assures is about to die.
Ferguson's father has expressed that the use of the antibody conflicts with his son's norms, since he does not believe in his protection.
In this battle is the guideline of the clinic, since by not receiving the immunization, he was removed from the waiting list to obtain the heart transplant that he requires to extend his life.
The Boston clinic reported through an official statement that immunization against Covid-19 is one of the requirements that will be requested for transplant programs in the United States.
Arthur Caplan, chief of clinical ethics at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, makes it clear that it is important to be vaccinated to be a transplant candidate.
The same procedure for a kidney or other organ transplant is the same, since the immune system stops, as indicated by Caplan.
In addition, he indicated that a flu could kill him just like Covid-19. Ensuring that organs are scarce and will be dispersed to individuals who have the most obvious chance at life, and that is the situation of people who are immunized against infection.
Patient DJ Ferguson is the father of two children with one more on the way. His family has considered moving him to another location, but he may be too weak to move.
They realize that they are living all the time available, but they cannot help but contradict the strategy of the medical clinic.
The father reported that his son fights very boldly, with respect to the norms he relies on, and for that he has gained a greater amount of his appreciation. They declare that it is their body and their decision.