Jackson Moon@jacksonmoon
Vale, Vrejouji ‘Vicki’ Derderian, a Melbourne mother of two, has died after being denied a heart transplant by the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia — due to her opting out of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Vicki relied on a biventricular assist device (BiVAD) since 2020 after her heart failed, and her condition progressively worsened.
Although medically stable enough to be considered for a transplant, the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne stubbornly maintained a "no jab, no heart" policy.
Victorian Labor government, health ministers as well as Premiers Jacinta Allan and Daniel Andrews, refused to intervene.
Vicki’s heart finally came to rest on February 23rd, 2026.
I never met Vicki, but I wrote many letters to the Alfred Hospital, to successive Labor Health Ministers, and to the Premier, urging them to reconsider and intervene.
All went unanswered — except one response, which defended the very bureaucrats whose decisions contributed to the death of a mother of two.
Rest in Peace Vicki 💙
Shame on the Alfred Hospital.
Shame on Labor’s Health Ministers.
Shame on Jacinta Allan…
…and shame on you, Daniel Andrews.