A 31-year-old man in need of a heart transplant has been removed from the list of candidates by a hospital in Boston (USA). Not being vaccinated, the American is not considered to have the best chance of survival, reports the BBC relayed by CNews. The patient, father of two children, was hospitalized last November because of a hereditary heart problem. He refuses to be vaccinated against Covid-19 because he is particularly wary of the risk of cardiac inflammation, which is minimal. CNewsrelated to the injection.
“We are not going to distribute the organs”
US health authorities recommend that patients awaiting a transplant get vaccinated against the coronavirus. Given his status and the current shortage of organs, the Boston hospital does not consider the 30-year-old as a candidate with a good chance of survival.
“Organs are rare”, explains a New York doctor to CBS. “We are not going to distribute them to someone who is unlikely to live while others who are vaccinated have a better chance of surviving after the operation. »
