A man who has refused a Covid vaccine despite its proven benefits and is in need of a life-saving kidney transplant has been denied the organ due to a hospital policy.
Chad Carswell, from Burke County, North Carolina, in the US, said he is on dialysis three times a week and doesn't know how much longer he will live without the operation.
The unvaccinated double amputee, who has undergone several major heart surgeries, claims over 100 local people have even offered to donate their kidney.