Wed Oct 13, 2021 – 7:27 pm EDT
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(LifeSiteNews) — Two major healthcare organizations in Ohio announced a ban on individuals who choose not to take the COVID shot from obtaining an organ transplant.
Cleveland Clinic also barred unvaccinated people from donating organs to others.
“Cleveland Clinic has recently developed safety protocols for solid organ transplantation that require COVID-19 vaccination to be an active transplant candidate or living donor,” the clinic said in a statement. It will still harvest the organs of deceased unvaccinated people, however.
“Vaccination is particularly important in these patients for their safety,” the clinic said. “For the living donor, preventing COVID-19 infection around the time of a surgical operation is crucial. For the transplant candidate, in addition to a major operation, medications taken after an organ transplant weaken a person’s immune response.”
Cleveland Clinic operates 18 hospitals and more than 200 outpatient locations worldwide, though it was not immediately clear if the policy applies to all locations.
The hospital system did not post the statement on its newsroom page and it can only be found in other articles online. It recently barred a mother with a liver condition from receiving a transplant from her own
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