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MIAMI (AP) — A woman needing a lung transplant has died after her family says they tried to have her transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital and were denied.
The family of 38-year-old Maria Huaman tells the Miami Herald (http://hrld.us/1RMgMjb) hospital officials denied her transfer first because they believed she was an undocumented immigrant, then because she was uninsured — and ultimately because she was too ill to move.
Medical records show Huaman had accidentally drank from a cup containing weed killer the day before going to West Kendall Baptist Hospital in mid-December. She was admitted with kidney failure, abdominal pain and other symptoms.
Social workers tried to transfer Huaman to Jackson Memorial so she could receive a lung transplant. Huaman's family says Jackson Health requested a $350,000 deposit for her admittance. She died Wednesday.
Jackson Memorial wouldn't comment, citing patient privacy laws.
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