Hospital Eugenics Panel Denies Black Boy Transplant, Then Recants

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Hospital Eugenics Panel Denies Black Boy Transplant, Then Recants

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August 14, 2013 In Atlanta, 15 year old Anthony Stokes, who has an enlarged heart and will die in 6 months without a transplant, was first denied admittance to the waiting list because of a prior history of forgetting to take medication on time and appear at regular doctor’s appointments.
Stokes’ family told local media that Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Hospital (CHAH) changed their position on Stokes after having their actions exposed to the public.
In a statement, CHAH said: “As we stated previously, a heart transplant evaluation is an ongoing process based on the patient and his or her family’s ability to meet specific transplant criteria. Our physician experts are continuing to work with this family to establish a care plan and determine the best next steps for the patient.”
Stokes’ mother explained that the hospital officials cited their concerns that Stokes would not comply with medical requirements after the transplant and did not want to perform the procedure on Stokes. Joel Newman, spokesman for the United Network For Organ Sharing UNOS), claims that hospitals “consider a variety of factors besides medical necessity in deciding whether to put a patient on a transplant waiting list.”
Transplant policy is decided by Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) who works in conjunction with the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). UNOS is contractually bound to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
Stokes’ family believes that the discrimination over Stokes extends beyond the CHAH claims of his “history of non-compliance”, but rather the fact that Stokes “has had a problem getting into fights.”
In fact, “at the time of his hospitalization the teen had been sentenced to house arrest by a judge due to his inability to physically control himself over what his mother called anger issues.”
Accessing these factors, doctors assigned Stokes to “a death sentence” by refusing his admittance onto a transplant waiting list.
In January, Jonathan Gruber, an economist and advisor to Obama that inspired the Affordable Care Act has been refused to be part of the IPAB.

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