Jehovah's Witnesses: justice in Brazil orders the transfusion of blood in the newborn baby.

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Jehovah's Witnesses: justice in Brazil orders the transfusion of blood in the newborn baby

The Judge of São José do Rio Preto (State of São Paulo, Brazil) ordered a blood transfusion in a newborn on Tuesday (24). The baby's parents are members of Jehovah's Witnesses and they rejected the case. Jehovah's Witnesses reject any type of "blood use" as a dietary or pharmacological supplement and since 1944 as a blood transfusion. The use of the main components of the blood (blood plasma, platelets, red and white blood cells) is rejected, as well as blood donation and the donation of autologous preoperative blood.

 

According to the doctors at the Santa Casa Hospital, the baby was diagnosed with gastric bleeding and severe anemia. The doctors were clear that the baby would die without blood transfusion. The child's mother was informed and rejected the project in writing. "Although I know all the risks and severity, I do not allow transfusions," the boy's mother wrote.

 

The hospital administration appealed to the judiciary and a judge accepted the request, stating that delaying the treatment could cause irreversible damage or death. "The right to life is guaranteed constitutionally and should be protected first and foremost by the state," said the judge's statement, among other things. The hospital carried out the blood transfusion and described the baby's condition as stable.

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