Hospital Denies Black Teen A Heart Transplant Because Of Trouble With Law(rawstory.com)

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Hospital Denies Black Teen A Heart Transplant Because Of Trouble With Law

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/12/black-teen-allegedly-denied-heart-transplant-due-to-low-grades/

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From reading the details it looks like the reason the administrators gave was a history of unreliability in taking his medication and showing up for doctor's appointments, which is something they consider before letting somebody onto a transplant list, due to the severely limited amount of transplants available. That may seem incomprehensibly harsh, but from what I gather that's standard consideration.

The family is saying that it has to do with his criminal record, but they don't really provide any evidence to support that, and they don't anywhere deny that he has sometimes not taken his medication / missed appointments in the past.