Mon Dec 6, 2021 – 7:53 pm ESTMon Dec 6, 2021 – 8:16 pm EST
QUEENSLAND, Australia (LifeSiteNews) – Australia’s third largest state is denying life-saving organ transplants to patients who refuse COVID vaccination.
The Queensland department of health said in a statement Monday that patients must have “a minimum requirement of two doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccine prior to receiving a kidney, lung or heart transplant.”
“Queensland follows national and international practices regarding transplantation and vaccination protocols,” Queensland Health said.
“A recipient is highly immunosuppressed post-transplant, which is why it’s incredibly important for the person to be vaccinated prior to transplant,” the department added. “That is why the Queensland Kidney Transplant Service has endorsed a minimum requirement of two doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccine prior to receiving a kidney, lung or heart transplant.”
Anyone who declines to get double-jabbed, including for medical reasons, will likely have to wait until the policy is reversed, Australia’s 7News reported. A review of the measure is expected no earlier than next February. Transplant requests for unvaccinated patients will placed “on hold” for the time being.
More than 1,600 people were waiting for an organ transplant at any
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