Medical

The surgeon who operates without transfusions: “They can block the immune system and cause infections”

ROME – “In principle, being able not to transfuse is the best thing there can be for anyone. If blood loss control is done, the metabolic homeostasis, which indicates the general internal condition of the...

TAJIKISTAN: Urgent medical treatment denied again, defying UN Human Rights Committee

Jehovah's Witness prisoner of conscience 71-year-old Shamil Khakimov has again been denied urgently needed medical treatment in a specialised hospital, after a closed court hearing in his prison. The repeated denial of medical treatment is...

Burned out from lingering pandemic, some on front lines find faith an antidote

When the Omicron variant started emerging around the country, Registered Nurse Currine Smith flashed back to the despair she felt at the beginning of the pandemic. Now entering the third year of COVID, she describes...

Jehovah’s Witnesses holds training on nonblood medical care to support patients, medical community

IN SUPPORT of patient-centered care, the Jehovah’s Witnesses is working with healthcare professionals and hospitals throughout the country to provide information about nonblood clinical strategies that are acceptable to the beliefs of its patients. [caption...

Jehovah’s Witnesses Coordinate International Efforts to Aid Nepal Earthquake Victims

 KATHMANDU, Nepal—Jehovah’s Witnesses from Bangladesh, Germany, India, Japan, Switzerland, and the United States are coordinating their efforts to help victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Nepal on April 25, 2015, and killed thousands, including one...

‘Avoidable’ death of a pregnant Jehovah’s Witness with acute promyelocytic leukaemia: ethical considerations and the internal conflicts and challenges encountered by practitioners

Doctors Letter in Medicine Magazine A 28-year-old woman was transferred to our hospital at 27 + 6/40, G5P2, with pre-eclampsia. Acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL) with disseminated intravascular coagulation was diagnosed The patient was a Jehovah's Witness...

Prince of Wales Hospital: Pregnant Jehovah’s Witness dies

DOCTORS were forced to let a pregnant woman and her unborn child die in hospital after the mother refused a blood transfusion because she was a Jehovah’s Witness.The tragic and avoidable case in Sydney has...

Five Jehovah’s Witnesses arrested in Malawi for refusing give blood to terminally ill child

Five people who under the guise of religious belief refused to donate blood to an anaemic family member are under police custody in Mangochi after hospital officials sought for their intervention in order to save...

Jehovah’s Witnesses Respond to Ebola Outbreak

NEW YORK—As the deadly Ebola outbreak devastates West Africa, Jehovah’s Witnesses continue to proactively educate their members about the disease. Upon learning that the Ebola virus had been found in Guinea and had quickly spread...

ECHR looks into Russia’s treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses

MOSCOW, March 25 (RAPSI) - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) communicated a vast collection of complaints this month to Russia in connection with the treatment of Jehovah’s Witnesses throughout the country.Russia and the applicants...