Court orders blood transfusion for Jehovah baby
A HIGH COURT JUDGE was forced to hold a emergency hearing in his own home over Christmas, in order to allow doctors give a blood transfusion to a critically ill boy against the wishes of his parents.
The Irish Times reports that the court order was issued shortly after 2:30am in the morning of December 27, after the baby boy – whose parents are Jehovah’s Witnesses – became seriously ill on Christmas Day.
Because the parents of the boy (three months old) had opposed the blood transfusion, on the grounds of their religion, doctors from Temple Street Children’s Hospital were forced to seek the emergency order allowing them to proceed with the procedure.