We have a nice update to a post from a few weeks ago. The post is found here. Basically, the family of 3 YO girl, Amelia Rivera, understood after meeting with their physician that their daughter was being denied a kidney transplant because of her "mental retardation."
CBSNews reported here that The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia issued a joint statement with Amelia's family that "as an organization, we regret that we communicated in a manner that did not clearly reflect our policies or intent and apologize for the Riveras' experience." Amelia's parents said in the joint statement that "despite an unfortunate encounter a few weeks ago, we hold The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in high regard. Our hope is that this experience will heighten the medical community's sensitivity to and support for the disabilities community."
Let's hope that a suitable donor kidney is found for little Amelia expeditiously and that the transplant goes as smoothly as possible.
Kudos to everyone who inundated the hospital with comments and complaints which surely helped encourage them to get their act together and not to deny a transplant to one of the most vulnerable members of our society.
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