Having a kidney removed is not like having a wart removed. If he doesn’t follow all the doctor’s orders it could well kill him. There’d be a lot of liability there.
The hospital where I worked (a very large,well known one) had an agreement with the state's Department of Corrections to provide care for their inmates.As a result it was a matter of routine to see patients both in our ER and elsewhere in the hospital handcuffed to their stretcher/bed and being escorted/guarded by two Department of Corrections guards.
Although I could be wrong I think that this would be common in any major US hospital which Emory surely is.
I agree. Plus if he continues to live the criminal lifestyle and demonstrates he can’t follow policies and laws, he’s probably more likely to get a wound infection or even sabotage his wound just to sue somebody.
Sad situation.
And one important requirement for any organ transplant is a stable social situation. Even if the dad is not involved in day to day care, he is contributing to an unstable situation for the boy.
Like someone else said, maybe he’s decided he wants to hang on to both kidneys after all.