One-Year-Old Baby Dies After Parents Disaccord The Idea Of Blood Transfusion

An innocent one-year-old baby has lost her life after her Jehovah Witness parents turned death ear to doctors advice for blood transfusion.

Medical Doctor at the Old Tarkwa Government Hospital, Dr. Joseph Darko told Adom News that the baby had loss blood due to burns-but the parents of the baby disapproved the idea of blood transfusion because of their religious beliefs…

“The parents did not give us the permission to give the baby blood…so when her condition was getting worse, we invited both parents…after some hours, we realized that the mother had run with the baby.”

Police source says the parents who were behind bars have been granted bail…

Although the Bible does not specifically mention this medical practice, we do not believe God will condemn one for having a transfusion. Some religious groups have misinterpreted God’s command against eating blood (Leviticus 3:17), mistakenly extending it to receiving blood by transfusions.

Ingesting blood and receiving it into the circulatory system are not the same thing. God specifically commands against the eating of blood, a prohibition reiterated in the New Testament as tied to idolatrous worship (Acts 15:19-20, 29).