Crank dies after refusing blood transfusion

Crank dies after refusing blood transfusion

When I am listening to Viking FM every so often the music is interrupted by adverts and one of them is Give Blood. A woman recounts how when she was giving birth to her twins complications developed and but for receiving 4 pints of blood in a transfusion either she or the twins would not have survived.

Then today I read this:

Mother dies after refusing blood
A young mother has died after giving birth to twins, following claims that she had refused a blood transfusion because of her faith.

I think that the Jehovah's Witnesses religion is cranky and worshipped by cranks. However, given this Jehovah's Witnesses drop transfusion ban, I cannot help but wonder why this mother decided to sacrifice her life for her belief. It is stupidity. The twins have now to be brought up motherless. And this is the real tragedy. Either the Jehovah's Witnesses religion needs to clarify that it is not against their religion to receive a blood transfusion, or hospitals should be given the right to overrule a patients wishes in such a case. This is a medical issue and not a religious one.

UPDATE:
Refusing blood 'source of regret'
When Rachel Underhill heard news of the death of 22-year-old Jehovah's Witness Emma Gough last month after refusing a blood transfusion, it brought back memories of her own traumatic choice eight years ago.