DOCTORS REFUSE TREATMENT TO PATIENT WHO REFUSED BLOOD TRANSFUSION ON RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS IN ENGELS
SOVA Center for News and Analysis, 1 November 2018
Doctors refused to provide alternative treatment for a resident of Engels who refused a blood transfusion based on religious convictions.
On 12 October 2018, a 79-year-old resident of the city of Engels of Saratov oblast, who is a Jehovah's Witness, was refused treatment. On the basis of religious convictions, she refused a transfusion of donor's blood and requested an alternative. A doctor responded that an alternative to donor's blood does not exist, and since the patient is "in a sect," treatment will not be provided for her.
According to the doctor's prognosis, without treatment the woman is not likely to survive even a year. (tr. by PDS, posted 2 November 2018)
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