A senator is calling for donors to help an unvaccinated Melbourne mother receive a heart transplant from overseas after she was denied one locally due to her COVID-19 vaccination status.
Vicki Derderian is a mother of two from Melbourne, Australia, and has suffered a heart condition over the past eight years.
She currently lives with the support of a bi-ventricular assist device (BI-VAD) which is inserted into both sides of the heart and pumps blood through the body.
Derderian was always looking to have a heart transplant and was granted an exemption in 2021 from requiring to get a COVID-19 vaccination.
Known side effects of the COVID-19 vaccines can impact the heart’s health and include such conditions as myocarditis and pericarditis….