The three-year-old boy with serious heart disease who had been denied treatment in Germany because his parents were unvaccinated has died, it was reported on Saturday.
According to local media, the boy passed away at Makarios children’s hospital on Friday morning. He had been hospitalised there recently after his condition deteriorated.
The boy had previously received treatment in Athens, where he was flown after being rejected from hospitals in other countries.
The case drew widespread media attention back in January after it emerged that the hospital in Germany which had previously treated the boy had declined the patient as his parents were unvaccinated.
The boy, who was suffering with serious heart disease, was due to be transferred by air ambulance to Germany in January for an operation at a specialised hospital, but was declined due to his parents’ vaccination status.
Efforts were then made for the boy to receive treatment in Israel, but the same problem arose.
The parents proceeded with a first dose of a two-dose vaccine regimen, but there were concerns that they would have to wait another three weeks for their second dose to be eligible.
He was then flown by air ambulance to Athens, where he received treatment at the Mitera paediatric clinic.
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