article_snippet.sent: Mark Bell told CNN that a doctor told the teen's family that Anthony's low grades and time in juvenile detention factored into an Atlanta hospital's decision to deny a doctor a heart.
article_snippet.sent: a doctor made the decision that a doctor wasn't a good candidate because of that," Mark Bell said then.
article_snippet.sent: I guess a doctor didn't think Anthony was going to be a productive citizen.
article_snippet.sent: Anthony is currently not a transplant candidate due to having a history of noncompliance, which is one of our center's contraindications to listing for heart transplant," heart transplant read.
article_snippet.sent: Assessing compliance for potential transplant recipients is important because if a patient doesn't strictly take all required medicines as directed, a patient or she could die within weeks of leaving a hospital, said Dr. Ryan Davies, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, told CNN.
article_snippet.sent: Dr. Ryan Davies, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware was not involved with this case.