sooda
Veteran Member
Where was this and how long ago? For us, blood transfusions are a serious issue. It would be highly unlikely for a JW to enter a dangerous medical situation without prior notification of their refusal to receive blood. This issue would not even arise today because the medical professional who have kept up to date on best practice understand that blood is not the "life-saving" procedure it was once thought to be. It's dangers in fact, greatly outweigh its benefits.
It would also be highly unlikely for a woman to go through a pregnancy without medical supervision unless these people were not in a financial situation to afford such. Having already delivered 4 other children she was not exactly a novice at childbirth. The medical systems in some countries don't treat the poor with much compassion.
If your hospital heard from a lawyer within 20 minutes, then the medical professionals who administered the transfusion without the patient's permission were obviously liable. Would he even call if there was no case to answer? I don't believe this is the full story. Your version of it is a little suspect in view of your biased comments so far. What details are you leaving out?
This is also a bit suspect because we have permission by law to approach your front door. We are only trespassing if we refuse to leave when asked to do so. We are not calling to bother people but to offer a message of hope. If you are such disgruntled people, why would we bother to keep calling? "Morning after morning"? Are you seriously going to ask me to believe that we actually do that? We go door to door as the first Christians did.....but we don't call on those who tell us not to come back. Nor do we go back to the same house, unless someone is not at home on our first call. Perhaps you didn't answer the door? It is the only reason we would have returned so soon. Ignoring us doesn't make us go away. You can politely tell us not to call again and we will politely follow your wishes. It doesn't have to be ugly unless you make it ugly. We are not breaking the law.
Do you really think that we have nothing better to do than invite law suits on ourselves....or to take out lawsuits on others? Please....
This was 1990 .. and she dropped in the ER instead of having her 5th child in the parking lot. She was bleeding out and couldn't consent. Thank God she survived.. My young board certified OB/GYN could not stand by and let her die.
Yes, morning after morning in spite of being politely turned away the first time. Twice at 7 AM they let my dog out. I finally had to call the police.
The second location was an apartment complex.. .. again the police had to get involved .. NO soliciting means NO soliciting.