Two medical experts, Lisa Milligan and Bellamy Mark, have agreed that Jehovah’s Witnesses’ refusal to use blood during surgery should teach the government a lesson to benefit from other medical expertise.
The two doctors are specialists in Anaesthesia, Surgery and Transfusion, from St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom. Lisa Milligan is a "Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia" and Bellemy Mark is a "Consultant Anaesthetist."
Science Direct Magazine, Academic.oup.com, Bjaed.org and others thanks to this story, it was amazing what they said explaining the benefits of being Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse blood transfusions, showing that they are giving the government they live in a good task to study and become medical experts in treating without using blood, because this treatment is not yet developed in some countries. When they lack the blood to inject a person, many die, even if they are not Jehovah’s Witnesses.
From the time this religion was founded, the number of members in England and the world in general, and their beliefs, are what these doctors talked about.
“The Jehovah’s Witness religion is a Christian movement, founded in the US in the 1870s, with 6 million members worldwide (150,000 in the UK). Members of this faith have strong beliefs based upon passages from the Bible that are interpreted as prohibiting the ‘consumption’ of blood.
Their beliefs prevent them from accepting transfusion of whole blood or its primary components. They also believe that blood that has been removed from the body is ‘unclean’ and should be disposed of. The use of procedures that involve the removal and storage of their own blood are often unacceptable (Table 1).
Blood-free major surgery in the Jehovah’s Witness patient presents a challenge to the anaesthetic and surgical team. The problems associated with their management highlights a growing health-care issue – the supply, safety and appropriate use of blood products. Techniques learnt from treating them may prove beneficial to all patients undergoing major surgery.”
They went on to explain how to operate on people from children to adults, showing that they can be operated without the use of blood and that it is more effective than using it.
Instead of governments worrying about not having blood transfusions, they would worry about the lack of expertise in blood transfusions, which would be beneficial to all because it would allow governments to have welcoming healthcare for all, professional doctors, and respect for human rights.
Instead of governments worrying about not having blood transfusions, they would worry about the lack of expertise in blood transfusions
