HF Fanatics

It is part of the Jehovah Witness faith to never accept a blood transfusion, including platelets, hemoglobin, or other blood derivatives. Members of the JW church are expected to die or let their children die rather than accept a blood transfusion. They get this dangerous belief from Old Testament law that prohibits the eating of blood. Doctors are being required to learn alternatives to blood transfusions during surgery in order to treat JW patients. One alternative is blood salvaging, where the doctors collect the patient’s own blood and, after filtering and washing it, transfer it back to the patient.