Posted on 10/29/2021 1:23:50 PM PDT by Trillian
A second woman in less than a month has been denied the opportunity to have a life-saving organ transplant simply because she won't get vaccinated against COVID.
Leilani Lutali, 56, from Colorado has been denied the chance to have a kidney transplant after the hospital that would have been performing the operation refused to treat her because she hadn't had the coronavirus vaccine.
Lutali who has stage 5 kidney disease, desperately needs transplant to save her life but in September, Colorado health system UC Health took her off its organ donation list despite the fact she already had a donor lined up.
UC Health said that Lutali could only remain on the transplant list if she and her donor, Jamiee Fougner, 45, both got vaccinated against COVID.
Lutali, who was approved for the life-saving procedure at the end of August was informed that she no longer qualified to have the transplant performed just one month later.
'I was notified that because my donor and myself were unwilling to be vaccinated, that I would not be able to receive my transplant with UC Health in Colorado,' Lutali explained to Fox News on Thursday night.
'Initially, it was explained that the policy had changed. That was the major thing. And then when I began probing to understand what my options might be, the gist of it was they were trying to protect my health from coming in and not being vaccinated, that I would have certainly contract covid post-surgery.'
Lutali explained that she had already caught covid naturally in July and had antibodies against the infection but the hospital said that it didn't count.
She pleaded with them and offered to take a covid test prior to surgery or to allow for a religious exemption. At each turn, she was denied.
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Anything in the trillion dollar debt bill about kidney hostages or is that money just for the illegal trespassers?
sue them
When Texas is ready to reestablish itself as the Republic of Texas, I am ready to move in. God bless Texas for a lot of reasons.
Absolutely
Ping
On the one hand, yay, but I’m concerned that too much tyranny may push liberals until the good states without a full conversion to loving freedom.
Hospital did her a favor, they as much as admitted they have an infection control problem.
She’s better off in a Texas hospital.
What would they do if she refused her 403rd booster shot?
You’d have to kill her to save her. Understood?
But NAACP said Texas is dangerous?
Crimes against humanity.
denying needed surgery is very serious
i am all for prosecuting the hospital staff for attempted homicide
this will at least serve justice and help deter any other hospitals from denying important treatments
Me: My kidneys are being held hostage.
Jack Daniels: No, they’re not. Now, finish your drink!
Kidneys: You’ve got us chained up in the dungeon.
Me: (to kidneys) SHUT UP!
Ks: (crying) Please let us out!
The exodus from blue to red states continues.
‘I was notified that because my donor and myself were unwilling to be vaccinated, that I would not be able to receive my transplant with UC Health in Colorado,’ Lutali explained to Fox News on Thursday night.
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This was an insane mandate by the Colorodo hospital which is both hysterical (and not in a funny way) and unscientific. What is the point of this woman trying to jack up an immune response via the covid vaccine when she is going to have a kidney transplant and be put on immunosuppressant drugs following the surgery. This makes zero sense.
I would hope doctors would be more logical, but I’m seeing more and more evidence many are not.
Pitiful Colorado Beefaloes (host university school) is still upset A&M beat ‘em.
When Texas is ready to reestablish itself as the Republic of Texas, I am ready to move in. God bless Texas for a lot of reasons.
Sorry, we are full, and, it will be too late.
The second that happens.....walls will go up, all around our Republic 😉
It is, after all, Aurora, Co. Need I say more.
It’s not the doctors fault, it’s the hospital administrators. Doctors all across the country are being intimidated into not telling the truth about the efficacy of the known proven therapies for COVID-19.
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