Posted on 05/14/2023 10:41:04 AM PDT by Morgana
A prestigious medical clinic is denying a 9-year-old boy the lifesaving kidney transplant he needs just because he doesn’t have the COVID vaccination.
Most Americans understand the COVID crisis is over and a sizable percentage of Americans were never vaccinated for what they considered a flu-like virus that presented little in the way of medica issue for 99% of the people who got it.
COVID caused a massive political divide, but while most everyone has moved on with their lives as the virus and its effects have waned, that political division is still taking its toll and could cost a young boy his life. Despite the fact that COVID-19 is no longer a major threat, one child could become an ancillary victim.
As Red State reports:
Tanner Donaldson, a 9-year-old boy with stage 4 chronic kidney disease, was born with a rare birth defect causing irreversible kidney damage. Tanner’s father, Dane Donaldson, is a suitable live kidney donor, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital has refused to conduct the transplant surgery because Dane is not vaccinated against the coronavirus.
The hospital has a policy that requires all organ donors to be fully vaccinated to minimize complications during and after surgery. Dane questioned the hospital’s hypocrisy, pointing out that deceased organ donors are not required to be vaccinated. He even offered to sign a waiver freeing the hospital from liability.
But the hospital still rejected him.
In April, the Epoch Times reached out to the hospital for an explanation. “Individuals who are actively infected with COVID-19 have a much higher rate of complications during and after surgery, even if the infection is asymptomatic,” the hospital responded.
Dane opposes the vaccine for religious reasons. But he has also been hesitant “because he has seen a rising number of clients get critically ill after receiving it,” according to the news outlet.
Tanner’s family is desperately searching for another hospital to perform the kidney transplant procedure.
This isn’t the first time a family has dealt with a denial of a lifesaving transplant because of COVID.
Duke Unviersity came under fire for refusing a life-saving kidney transplant to a dying 14-year-old girl who has not had the COVID vaccine.
Yulia Hicks, who is a rescued orphan from Ukraine, was finally adopted by a family in North Carolina after she came to the United States from the war-torn nation. The Hicks family, a Christian couple with 11 children, adopted her to provide her a loving family.
Tragically, Yulia has a genetic kidney disorder and the family brought her to Duke University hospital for medical assistance.
But on November 29, the Hicks family got some shocking news about their daughter — that it would not give her a kidney transplant because she had not had the COVID vaccine.
“To think that a committee can determine someone’s life is terrifying. This is, without a doubt, medical tyranny. What has become of the medical community? How does the refusal of a shot that is known to cause many health issues AND does NOT stop the spread of a disease deny a 14-year lifesaving therapy? How does that happen in America? Today we are sad. Tomorrow is a new day, and God is there with an answer for us,” Chrissy Hicks posted on Yulia’s website.
“We can’t require you to do anything, but we can deny you because you are not following our recommendations,” Duke’s Catherine Thomas told Chrissy Hicks during a phone call.
Lawmakers in North Carolina are fighting to make sure this doesn’t happen again.
I think I will scrap off the "Organ Donor" sticker off of my driver's license and tell my family not to donate my organs when I die. No sense donating my O-negative blood anymore, either.
Only certain people, it would appear.
As long as Title 42 has lifted, that’s the signal that Covid is over. Period. If I were the parents I’d get a hold of a center that doesn’t have these restrictions. Tampa General, Mayo in Jacksonville, or University Nebraska in Omaha to name a few that are in red states. Never stop looking to save your child.
ObamaCare federal control of ALL US medical care,
F JOHN ROBERTS !!!
Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital.
Mark that name down for when the time comes for retribution. There IS going to be payback.
What happened to first do no harm? Despicable!
“A prestigious medical clinic”
Why don’t they just name it ?
Delivered quietly away from others: “Ok, Doc, but if I can’t get the transplant for my son and he dies I’m gonna find you and hang you.”
0.001% percent chance (good guesstimate) of dying from COVID at his age... which he doesn’t have.
0.001% percent chance of living without the transplant.
If this hospital handles odds like this, it’s a wonder they’d ever operate on anyone for anything.
After 0b0mbacare was signed into law, I knew a guy in his early 70’s that went in to see a doctor for cancer diagnosis. The md told him to ‘get his affairs in order since he has already led a full life’. The man responded, :Then YOU need to get YOUR affairs in order”. the md asked why, He’s wasnt the one with terminal cancer, the man replied.”Since you are giving me a death sentence for a treatable matter, HE was going to give the md the SAME death sentence for refusing to provide treatment.” The md was an old aquaintance of the man, hence no charges. BUT, the man got the treatment he needed and lived another 8-10 years before he was murdered by his own daughter.
I read the headline and immediately thought:
Cleveland Clinic.
Beginning with the Obama presidencey, a once-great institution has slowly but surely lost its sterling reputation.
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Try Saint Jude children’s Hospital, Memphis. No fees.
Criminal!
I would take aside those that made the decision and state that anything happens to my boy will happen to you.
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