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Why can't the mexican govt give the american hospital the $2 million? That would clear up everything.
Young Mexican in need of transplant denied visa by the US - WTOP
march 25 2015
HERMOSILLO, Mexico (AP) — A young Mexican who urgently needs a heart and liver transplant has twice been denied a U.S. visa to go to the Mayo Clinic for treatment, he and his family said Wednesday.
Jose Chua Lopez, 20, was born with a heart defect and could die if he doesn’t receive the transplants, said his mother, Myra Lopez Martinez.
Chua, whose father is an Arizona resident, had a U.S. visa until he was 15. But when it expired, his family didn’t renew it because they didn’t have money to pay for more trips.
U.S.-based Consejo de Latinos Unidos, which helps uninsured people secure medical care, stepped in to try to get Chua to the Mayo Clinic.
Chua’s family lives in a modest, one-story home in a potholed suburb of Hermosillo, capital of Sonora state. He shares a room with his brother.
Family and friends in Hermosillo organized fundraisers, sold tamales, hamburgers and seafood and held raffles to defray the initial cost of his potential treatment at the Mayo Clinic.
“We needed $15,000 and we put together a little bit more, just for the evaluation” said Lopez. “Afterward, the double transplant would cost around $2 million. … For now, I don’t want to think about that.”