Governing Body member Anthony Morris III tells a story about a young man that died in a hospital due to not receiving a blood transfusion and the audience claps.

[Jack Ryan]

Governing Body member Anthony Morris III tells a story about a young man that died in a hospital due to not receiving a blood transfusion and the audience claps.

[Evacuated]

This clapping seems to be in recognition of the faith and obedience of this young man. Clapping over the inadequacy of the medical services to prevent a death in this case is an unlikely scenario.

[Ann O'Maly]

The medical services weren't inadequate here. They were prevented from using the best treatment available for giving the boy optimal chance of survival. They did all they could under the circumstances.

It's a sad story for all concerned. 

[Evacuated]

5 minutes ago, Ann O'Maly said:

The medical services weren't inadequate here

Of course they were inadequate. The medical profession do wonderful work and are continually making progress. But they were just not up to the task of accommodating the conscientiously held view of this individual, who felt that non-blood medical management was the only option for them within the particular medical circumstances of their case.

8 minutes ago, Ann O'Maly said:

using the best treatment available

 I would have to add "at the time and within the experience of those medical practitioners involved".  

Historical cases will always highlight the inadequacy of medical services in handling requests for non-blood medical management. However, those inadequacies are addressed and, in time, and for a host of reasons, vastly improved procedures become available to those who choose this route of medical treatment. And improvements will continue to be made I am sure.

However, there is a forum section for the discussion of this area of interest I believe. I just wanted to clarify my perception of why the audience in the example cited would wish to applaud in the context of such a sad circumstance. 

[Ann O'Maly]

3 hours ago, Eoin Joyce said:

But they were just not up to the task of accommodating the conscientiously held view of this individual, who felt that non-blood medical management was the only option for them within the particular medical circumstances of their case.

It's extremely difficult to treat AML and acute anemia without the best tools at the medical profession's disposal. It's not the medical profession's fault that blood well fits that purpose - blood was designed to oxygenate the human body in the first place. 

Anyway, it's still sad. One can applaud the boy's faith, but unfortunately it found expression in a deeply flawed interpretation that made his sacrifice so unnecessary.

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3 hours ago, Ann O'Maly said:

Anyway, it's still sad.

I agree wholeheartedly. 

[Ann O'Maly]

2 minutes ago, Eoin Joyce said:

I agree wholeheartedly.