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Mom Fights For Heart Transplant for Autistic Son [VIDEO]

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A Pennsylvania woman has started an online petition in a bid to convince a hospital to reconsider giving her autistic son a heart transplant.

FOX News Radio’s Jeff Monosso reports:

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Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania didn’t recommend 23-year-old Paul Corby for a heart transplant, citing psychiatric issues and the complexity of the process.

Autistic patients have had transplants before, but medical ethicist Art Caplan says:

(Caplan) “In each particular case you’re trying to do an assessment of if this guy takes drugs is it going to exacerbate his symptoms, does he become uncontrollable, that sort of thing.”

Paul’s mother isn’t taking no for an answer and she hopes to convince the hospital to reconsider.

Over the last two years, 38% of patients evaluated for heart transplants at the hospital have been rejected. Most because of medical conditions that would affect their survival or quality of life.

Jeff Monosso, FOX News Radio.

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One Comment

  1. missy

    August 19, 2012 at 6:36 pm

    this is so unfair to this man it shouldn't matter if u have disability or not he deserves a right to live!!!!