Trauma center refuses to treat JWs?

by sacrebleu 13 Replies latest jw friends

  • Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit
    Pioneer Spit...oh, i mean Spirit

    I had a serious accident several years ago: with a broken femur and much bleeding, I waited for several hours in the ER, with xrays and drugs and being made as comfortable as poss--staff explained they could not get a doctor to take my case because no one wanted the risk of a 19 yr old female with a lot of blood loss who wouldn't take blood. Can't say I'd blame them.

  • Gill
    Gill

    Wow! Pioneer Spit! I'm sorry to hear that happened to you. But I suppose you can understand their hesitancy. JWs also, despite what they say, are more than happy to sue if something goes wrong without blood transfusions.

    I wondered whether the US would be one of the first places where insurance companies would be the ones who decided that they would not cover doctors who chose to operate on JWs.....ie with one hand tied behind their backs!

  • sacrebleu
    sacrebleu

    Wow Pioneer Spit

    I bet that was pretty scary for you. What eventually happened? Is that what got you out?

    sacrebleu

  • Wordly Andre
    Wordly Andre

    Not to change the subject but I wonder if JW Vampires refuse blood?

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