A Faith strengthening news article

[Rodejong]

A Faith strengthening news article (Long read)

 

Texas woman receives bloodless heart transplant, respecting her Jehovah's Witness beliefs

 

Carolyn McLeod was sent to Chicago because her doctors in Austin could not agree to do a heart transplant without having blood products available. Ascension Seton did not comment on why a bloodless transplant is not available, but most hospitals do not perform them for liability reasons.

 

After years of them thinking they had no options, their doctor in Austin recommended they get listed at the University of Chicago, which has been doing bloodless heart transplants and other bloodless heart surgeries since 1994.

 

Read the complete story here:

 

https://eu.statesman.com/story/news/healthcare/2023/11/28/bloodless-heart-transplant-jehovahs-witness-beliefs-austin-texas-chicago-blood-transfusion/71206327007/

 

 

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[SteveAus]

I'm saving that article, some good information there for later use. Thanks.

[Parale]

1 hour ago, Rodejong said:

A Faith strengthening news article (Long read)

 

This was splashed across the front page of last Friday's edition of the Austin American-Statesman newspaper....

 

US, Texas: The Austin American-Statesman newspaper, 24 November 2023, front page and pages 4A and 6A

 

 

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/healthcare/2023/11/28/bloodless-heart-transplant-jehovahs-witness-beliefs-austin-texas-chicago-blood-transfusion/71206327007/

Edited November 29, 2023 by Parale

[onBoard17]

Good to see this is getting more attention, locally we've done two this year. The first at Mass General in Boston back in April:

 

massachusetts-general-hospital-completes-its-first-bloodless-heart-transplant-patient-of-jehovahs-witness (massgeneral.org) 

[Ishaya]

Its really faith strengthening.

 

I hope surgeons will quickly learn that there is more they can explore and even gain in patients care when less attention is given to use of blood in surgeries.

[Ishaya]

Bloodless surgeries can be significantly improved on and even completely replace the transfusion surgeries,sadly people are naturally skeptical  to try something new.

[Sheep]

Tsk, tsk. Both of the first two articles are hidden behind a paywall where I am. Later, I'll try a VPN to make their website think I'm somewhere else in the world.

[Sheep]

If you had the same problem I did, and were not able to read the article because of a paywall, try this:

 

 

Texas woman receives bloodless heart transplant, respecting her Jehovah's Witness beliefs.pdf