The story of Debbie Stevens, 47 years old, It has not gone unnoticed by the US media. Is that the woman learned that her boss, Jackie Brucia, 61, was suffering from a serious illness, that he needed a kidney transplant and she offered to be the donor. What she least imagined was that her employer would fire her from her job after the operation.
Though Debbie’s kidney fell short of her boss, it ended up being donated to another patient. His boss received someone else’s organ instead.
While Stevens rested at home after undergoing surgery and recovering from some post-operative discomfort, he began receiving calls from his boss (the transplant woman), who apparently chastised him for losing his job. “What are you doing? Why aren’t you at work? You can’t come and go as you please. People will think you have privileges,” the woman told Stevens.
The story took place in New York in 2011 and has gone viral again in recent days.
According to the woman, her boss has begun to accuse her of work errors at the dealership where the two work. Over the weeks, Stevens was directed to another office, 50 kilometers from her home, in a neighborhood she said is considered a punishment for company employees.
Faced with such pressures, the employee went to a psychologist, who sent a letter to the company. In response, the woman was fired.
“I decided to become a kidney donor for my boss and she took my heart,” lamented Stevens. “I feel very betrayed. This was a very painful and horrible experience. She took my present, put it on the ground and kicked it,” she explained in disappointment.
However, he does not regret his gesture: “I saved a man’s life in Missouri,” where his kidney ended up, according to the New York Times.
Based on this situation, Debbie filed a lawsuit with the New York Human Rights Commission. Their claims do not consist only in receiving financial compensation for the ill-treatment, but also in the return of the kidney. Debbie Stevens is currently unemployed,
Source: Clarin
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