Five days before scheduled surgery, the hospital implemented vaccine requirements for living donors and recipients.

Mike Ganim was five days away from life-saving kidney transplant surgery when his wife, Debi, got the devastating news.

The surgery would not happen.

Debi Ganim said they were informed on October 8 that Cleveland Clinic implemented a new safety policy that required both living donors and organ recipients to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

“’It’s transplant time. No dialysis. We need a transplant, and we need it as soon as possible,’” Debi recalled the doctors telling her.


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