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24/04/2008
HSE Get Go Ahead For Twin’s Transfusions
The High Court has given the green light to the HSE to overrule parents wishes to prevent blood transfusions for their children.
Their Irish parents had objected to the transfusions for their two severely anaemic babies on religious grounds.
The baby’s parents are Jehovah's Witnesses, and believe the letter of their religious texts denounced the practice of blood transfusions.
A letter written by the pregnant mother was read out to Ms Justice Mary Laffoy at the High Court today.
The letter to Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, from the mother, who is 32 weeks pregnant, said she and her husband loved their children with all their hearts and do not want to cause them harm.
However, she said they could not consent to the transfusion because of their long held scriptural beliefs.
She said she understood the seriousness of the situation and the fact that doctors feared there may be no choice.
She also expressed a wish that the medical team only as a last resort carry out the procedure.
Ms Justice Laffoy ruled that the doctors could give the transfusion if medically necessary and where no other alternative methods were available.
(DW)
Their Irish parents had objected to the transfusions for their two severely anaemic babies on religious grounds.
The baby’s parents are Jehovah's Witnesses, and believe the letter of their religious texts denounced the practice of blood transfusions.
A letter written by the pregnant mother was read out to Ms Justice Mary Laffoy at the High Court today.
The letter to Ms Justice Mary Laffoy, from the mother, who is 32 weeks pregnant, said she and her husband loved their children with all their hearts and do not want to cause them harm.
However, she said they could not consent to the transfusion because of their long held scriptural beliefs.
She said she understood the seriousness of the situation and the fact that doctors feared there may be no choice.
She also expressed a wish that the medical team only as a last resort carry out the procedure.
Ms Justice Laffoy ruled that the doctors could give the transfusion if medically necessary and where no other alternative methods were available.
(DW)
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