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For undocumented immigrants, it's easier to donate a kidney than to receive one
At least 1,500 of the 2.7 million undocumented people in California suffer from renal failure. The symptoms and constant need for medication make their lives an exercise in resilience. This is the story of how five men – connected by turns of fate and profound acts of charity – tried to work around the kidney transplant system to save one another.
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This patient takes some 20 pills a day
Jesús González explains, from his own experience, the rigorous medical treatment needed by a kidney transplant patient.
Este paciente toma casi 20 pastillas al día
Jesús González explica, desde su propia experiencia, el riguroso tratamiento médico que a debe someterse un paciente de trasplante de riñón.
Most undocumented immigrants can’t get on the transplant list because their income and health insurance status are unstabl
Donald Kagan comments on the decision of UCSF hospital, which allegedly refused to perform a transplant on Juan Gonzalez because of his immigration status.
La mayoría de los indocumentados no puede entrar fácilmente en la lista de trasplantes porque sus ingresos y seguros médicos son demasiado inestables
Donald Kagan comenta la decisión del hospital UCSF, quienes presuntamente rechazaron realizarle un trasplante a Juan González debido a su condición migratoria.
Rejected for being undocumented
Jesús González-Navarro’s transplant was postponed until he could find more stable health insurance that would cover medical costs after the kidney transplant.
Hasta la asistencia a iglesias en California se ha visto afectada por el temor a operativos migratorios
Los feligreses, que en su mayoría son hispanos, han dejado de concurrir a encuentros religiosos para evitar tropezar con autoridades de ICE.
