A 31-year-old patient has had his name removed from the heart transplant list at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston over his refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
CBS Boston reported on the story in detail, speaking with the patient’s father, David Ferguson. David Ferguson explained that his son, DJ Ferguson, has been adamant about not being vaccinated.
“It’s kind of against his basic principles; he doesn’t believe in it,” David Ferguson said. “It’s a policy they are enforcing and so because he won’t get the shot, they took him off the list of a heart transplant.”
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, recently named one of the top 10 U.S. hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery, has said it will not perform the procedure on an unvaccinated patient. In a statement to CBS Boston, the hospital said that the COVID-19 vaccine is “one of several vaccines and lifestyle behaviors required for transplant candidates in the Mass General Brigham system in order to create both the best chance for a successful operation and also the patient’s survival after transplantation.”
DJ Ferguson remains at the hospital. His family, otherwise happy with the care he has received, is now considering moving him to a different facility.
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