Emily
Editor, Senior Moderator
https://www.icandecide.org/ican_pre...he-9-year-old-in-need-of-a-kidney-transplant/
In late February 2022, we introduced you to a 9-year-old boy in Ohio, Tanner Donaldson, who needs a kidney transplant due to his stage 5 chronic kidney disease. Despite the fact that his father, Dane Donaldson, was a match for Tanner and they were pre-approved to move forward with the transplant surgery, Cleveland Children’s Hospital recently reversed course and denied Tanner’s transplant after Dane indicated he could not receive a COVID-19 vaccine due to his sincerely held religious beliefs—this despite the fact that Dane has natural immunity to COVID-19.
In January 2022, ICAN’s attorneys got involved and wrote a letter to the bioethics director at the hospital demanding that it abide by its duty to “Do no harm” and reconsider its denial. On March 23, 2022, ICAN’s attorneys sent a follow-up letter to the same director as well as the chief legal officer and the chief integrity officer at the hospital. In that letter, ICAN’s attorneys informed the hospital that, unfortunately, Tanner’s condition deteriorated significantly in the past two months to the point that Tanner had been forced to seek emergency treatment. Appallingly, despite having treated this child for 9 years, there was no effort made by his physicians or the hospital to reach out to the Donaldsons—not even by Tanner’s longtime nephrologist. As a result, Tanner has been left without a nephrologist and has only his pediatrician to manage his complicated medical condition...
In late February 2022, we introduced you to a 9-year-old boy in Ohio, Tanner Donaldson, who needs a kidney transplant due to his stage 5 chronic kidney disease. Despite the fact that his father, Dane Donaldson, was a match for Tanner and they were pre-approved to move forward with the transplant surgery, Cleveland Children’s Hospital recently reversed course and denied Tanner’s transplant after Dane indicated he could not receive a COVID-19 vaccine due to his sincerely held religious beliefs—this despite the fact that Dane has natural immunity to COVID-19.
In January 2022, ICAN’s attorneys got involved and wrote a letter to the bioethics director at the hospital demanding that it abide by its duty to “Do no harm” and reconsider its denial. On March 23, 2022, ICAN’s attorneys sent a follow-up letter to the same director as well as the chief legal officer and the chief integrity officer at the hospital. In that letter, ICAN’s attorneys informed the hospital that, unfortunately, Tanner’s condition deteriorated significantly in the past two months to the point that Tanner had been forced to seek emergency treatment. Appallingly, despite having treated this child for 9 years, there was no effort made by his physicians or the hospital to reach out to the Donaldsons—not even by Tanner’s longtime nephrologist. As a result, Tanner has been left without a nephrologist and has only his pediatrician to manage his complicated medical condition...