Leilani Lutali is in stage 5 renal failure, she desperately needs a kidney. Jaimee Fougner, a woman she met in Bible study just 10 months ago, has offered to donate her kidney, but UC Health, the Colorado hospital system that was supposed to perform the transplant, has denied performing the life-saving procedure on Lutani because she hasn’t received the COVID jab. Lutali has already had COVID-19, and after speaking with her doctor and weighing the risks, Lutali made the decision to skip the COVID jab. Her donor, Jamie Fougner also refused the vaccination based on her religious beliefs. The University of Colorado Hospital has also announced they will refuse to accept organs from unvaccinated donors.
In a letter to Lutani, the hospital threatened Lutani over her decision and warned they would take further action, 'You will have 30 days to begin the vaccination series. If your decision is to refuse the COVID vaccination you will be removed from the kidney transplant list.'
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