Hospital Denies Teen’s Transplant Surgery Over COVID Jab Status

Hospital Denies Teen’s Transplant Surgery Over COVID Jab Status
Australian teen in urgent need of a double lung transplant has been turned away by major hospitals. Carl Court/Getty Images
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A Sydney hospital has denied that it has rejected a sixteen-year-old in need of a lung transplant over her COVID vaccination status after her father launched an appeal for help.

The family of Dazelle Duma has alleged that Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital and another unnamed major hospital are refusing to operate on her because she hasn’t had any COVID-19 injections, and this poses a health risk to other fully jabbed patients.

Jessie Zhang
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Jessie Zhang is a reporter based in Sydney, Australia, covering news on health and science.
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