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Utah man, waiting for a kidney transplant, faces a delay because COVID-19 cases are filling hospitals

Intermountain quickly reversed their call, but the situation shows how the unvaccinated are ‘affecting other people’s lives, too.’

(The Kelley family) Paul and Corinne Kelley, of River Heights, Utah, on a family vacation. Paul Kelley has been waiting since December 2020 to find a match for a kidney transplant, and on Sept. 10, 2021, was told that he may have to wait even longer because Intermountain Healthcare has had to postpone surgeries in "urgent... but not life-threatening" cases.