Dad lets daughter die, rather than be touched by 'strange' rescuer

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endy.G said:

forest-spirit said:
Please tell me this is some kind of bad joke. >_>

no. some people also reject blood transfers
if they do that for themselfs, im okay with their believe - but not if some1 else does for them

The difference is Blood Transfusion don't save lives, it endangers them in a lot of cases. The body treats a blood transfusion like it treats a major organ transplant. The JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) ran a study comparing non-blood surgry to surgry with blood and found that:

There is less then a 3% increased chance of major complications (including death) during surgry if you don't get a transfusions. But if you survive the surgry the patients that didn't get blood:

Where 80% less likely to have post-operation complications (including death).

Where out of the hospital on average of 3 days earily. Because of the last point.

 

This was a study published in 1996 and since then bloodless medicine has improved the chances of survival. So comparing that event to not getting a transfusion without any knowlege of the alternatives isn't that great. I know of two people that died because of recieving a blood transfusion and them suffering from a post operation complication.