UK Guardian Major Blood article

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The parents, who are both Jehovah's Witnesses, refused to allow blood transfusions, in accordance with their faith, and three of the babies were taken into CONTACTS [email protected] [email protected] reporter who broke the UN story

fokyc

Very interesting! Why has The Guardian run that story today?

Is it an introduction to the cancellation of the press embargo on the Bristol UK, court 8 case?

Which may happen today and the release of probably the most damaging, to the JW's, story ever!

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Gill

Do British congregations of JWs actually donate to buy blood salvage machines for local hospitals???

I have never heard of this happening and would be interested to know if it is so.

fokyc

Gill, YES, there are many articles on the web where Congs and indeed circuits have donated money for various machines.

http://www.noblood.org/shop-talk/848-jehovahs-witnesses-donate-30-cell-savers.html

"A group of Patient Representatives & volunteers working in South Wales, UK has recently reached a milestone of presenting 30 cell-savers to hospitals around Great Britain. This initiative has been supported by thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses."

They always get BIG press coverage for the good work they are doing.

fokyc

Gill

Morning Fokyc!

Thanks for that. I have never seen any such articles on the UK though I have seen some in America. Very interesting.

Do you expect 'your' news story to be in the national press or local press?

Clam

Cheers for that Danny.

Gill - the Dubs have raised cash for a recycler in our local hospital as well. Bless them.

Blood saving machine will benefit patients

From the archive, first published Thursday 2nd Oct 2003. Falmouth Packet Newspaper

A new blood saving machine at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro is set to benefit patients who do not want to receive a transfusion of someone else's blood - thanks to the generosity of Jehovah's Witnesses and their friends in Cornwall. The new blood salvage machine, which will replace an older model already at the hospital, works by recovering, cleaning and re-using a patient's blood during an operation. Lars Jakt, consultant anaesthetist at the Royal Cornwall Hospital, said "The machine works by collecting blood from the operation site and then washes out tissue debris leaving clean red blood cells which are passed back to the patient. When there is a substantial loss of blood during an operation, this machine can process the salvaged blood and re-transfuse some or most of it back to the patient. This reduces the dependence on blood from the Blood Bank, much to the patient's advantage by avoiding the inherent risks from using alien and stored blood. This technique for blood conservation is not suitable, or available, for all kinds of surgery, but its use is being expanded." Assistant theatre manager, Steve Renfree added: "Reusing a patient's own blood also helps to reduce the pressure on precious blood stocks and can be particularly useful for patients with the rarer blood groups. An added bonus is that the cost of disposable supplies needed each time the machine is used are less than the cost of a single unit of donated blood." As this technology recycles the patient's own blood, rather than blood from a donor, it can be used to carry out surgery for patients who are Jehovah's Witnesses. Robert Canning, a Jehovah's Witness elder in the St Austell Bay Congregation and the Cornwall trustee of the South West Hospital Equipment Fund, the Charity that has donated the blood saving machine, commended staff at the Royal Cornwall Hospital for using the equipment. He said: "This machine promotes bloodless management in surgery and will help us to keep to what we believe to be the Bible's principles. But of course, it is not only Jehovah's Witnesses who will benefit, but more and more of the general public. Indeed, our Hospital Information Service at our London headquarters is getting more enquiries regarding bloodless surgery from non-Witnesses than they do from our own members." Similar machines have been donated by the charity to Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton and to the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital. The charity is hoping that extra fund raising efforts will enable them to purchase a second Cell-Saver for the Royal Cornwall Hospital.

see Court 8

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bluesapphire

What??? Did I miss something BIG?

UK Guardian Major Blood article

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Blood saving machine will benefit patients

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