Blood Transfussion
By davido
@davido (1623)
Canada
September 14, 2007 7:50am CST
I was in the hospital a day ago and i was baffelled at a group of people who did not allow the doctors to transfusse a dying lady due to the fact that she belong to a particular sect who dont beleive in blood trasfusion. Her BP is 8040 she cant even walk by her self. I was moved for her. So should religion be a detterent to saving life when it is God that gave some people the knowledge of how to save life. Pls let me know your views, its really hurting to see life been wasted.
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@Angelwriter (1954)
• United States
15 Sep 07
I think mentally competent adults have the right to decide what measures they're willing for doctors to go to. If a person doesn't believe in blood transfusions and tries to prevent a doctor from giving one to someone *else* who doesn't share those beliefs, that's wrong, and they should be stopped. But, a person should have the right to decide for themselves regardless of whether the doctor agrees with them.
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@davido (1623)
• Canada
21 Sep 07
Mentally competence, can it be measured in this situation when the so called religious leaders have blind folded pinnocent people with their own parochial beleif? they will even follow their follwers to the hospital and still use their presence to intimedate this poor people. its very disheartning.
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@barehugs (8973)
• Canada
15 Sep 07
THis is a Perfect example of the fallacy of Religion. These religious Nuts believe that its better to die than accept a blood transfusion. Religion should be outlawed in Hospitals, where lives are at stake. Each patient should have the right to either accept, or reject, a blood transfusion.
@Angelwriter (1954)
• United States
15 Sep 07
You seem to be saying two opposite things. If religion is outlawed in hospitals, doesn't that take away the right of a person to reject a blood transfusion if they're reasons are religious? How can religion be outlawed and at the same time a person still have the right to reject a transfusion?
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@davido (1623)
• Canada
21 Sep 07
Well religion is a very sensitive factor here in my country, because if a muslim is the minister in charge of health he might decide to be perochial in his judgement when it come to some health factor and vice versa and this can become very volatile issue, as well as ethnicity, so i think it lies in the hand of people to know that their fate and live lies in the hand hand themselves and not any religious leaders.
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@varunkrishna007 (1909)
• India
4 Oct 07
Its a big nonsense to mix blood transfusion with religion because basically we are humans religoin comes far after that so to save a life religion must not be a hindrance
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
8 Oct 07
this is what's absurd in some religion. they advocate saving lives but are sarcastic of the methods. this is just so ironic. religion shouldnt be a hazard when saving a member's life, instead, it should be supportive of it. irregardless of the method. i mean, what is so wrong with blood transfusion? its just blood and its not the soul being transferred. it wouldnt affect the belief of the recipient.
@beauty_ph (2749)
• Philippines
14 Sep 07
There are a lot of religious issues that are so unreasonable for me as well. Although I gave me highest respect to believers, there are really sad truth into some that I personally feel bad.
Some do not really agree with blood transfusion. I think science nowadays are really of great help. It only depends on how someone can accept its significance. For me blood transfusion is one very important today.
I know that we all need to respect what others are believing. I always want to observe that. I just hope some religious organizations can realize the importance of science and the impact it gives to the human race.
@davido (1623)
• Canada
21 Sep 07
Thanks for your response. I too itry to respect others peoples belive but in a situation of emergency live saving procedure i think there should be a rethink. The funniest part is that, this beleive is just a phantom thinking of someone! and the followers just follow blindly!
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@beauty_ph (2749)
• Philippines
24 Sep 07
That is true my friend. I do hope the believers can realize the value of life and the purpose of medicine which is to save. God bless!
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
14 Sep 07
There are a lot of religions that don't believe in things like blood transfusions and other life saving techniques. IMO these are people who don't really understand their religion. I can't believe that their God would want them to live this way.
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@flowerchilde (12529)
• United States
25 Oct 07
I've heard of this before, but it's always shocking! These groups also put big gulfs in marriages and families..
- I agree, God gave the knowledge.. I believe the bible verse they get this from however is what which says "abstain from blood" well, I'm more inclined to believe this was referring to an unfortunate (primitive) custom of drinking blood! which of course is not good for anyone! How it's twisted into letting someone die.. What's the deal? Other than diseases which they screen for, one human's blood is as good as another's.. It's life giving, not somehow tainted. What's doubly sad is they'll let a young person or child who's barely lived, die just as readily as an elderly person..
