Patient Who Was Denied Organ Transplant Over Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine Underwent Surgery

D.J. Ferguson (right) is seen in this picture together with his family. Courtesy of GoFundMe

A Massachusetts father of two who was removed from a heart transplant waiting list because he refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine has undergone open-heart surgery, his family said last week.

David Ferguson, the father of the 31-year-old patient D.J. Ferguson, told Fox News the surgery was a last resort option as doctors tried to find temporary solutions to stabilize him after staff at the Boston hospital said he was ineligible for the transplant due to being unvaccinated.