Homer "James" Rivera spent seven years waiting for a kidney, but the hospital called him Wednesday to cancel his Nov. 20 transplant because of a possible hospital workers' strike.
"I was just devastated that a week to transplant, they tell me they're going to cancel," Rivera, 37, of San Diego, told ABCNews.com. "I was infuriated. I was calling and emailing anybody I could. There's got to be a way to get around this."
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The University of California San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest said it had to cancel the transplant because of an impending union strike. The one-day strike is the result of a disagreement over "reckless and unsafe staffing," according to a statement the health care workers' union AFSCME gave to ABC affiliate KGTV in San Diego.
Rivera, a father of three who has spent the past year on dialysis, said it's difficult for him to find a match because his blood type is O-negative. His sister is the only match
"I was just devastated that a week to transplant, they tell me they're going to cancel," Rivera, 37, of San Diego, told ABCNews.com. "I was infuriated. I was calling and emailing anybody I could. There's got to be a way to get around this."
For the latest organ transplant news, visit our topic page.
The University of California San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest said it had to cancel the transplant because of an impending union strike. The one-day strike is the result of a disagreement over "reckless and unsafe staffing," according to a statement the health care workers' union AFSCME gave to ABC affiliate KGTV in San Diego.
Rivera, a father of three who has spent the past year on dialysis, said it's difficult for him to find a match because his blood type is O-negative. His sister is the only match
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