Man refused blood to dying son
By GNA - Ghana News Agency General News | Wed, 07 May 2008
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An auto air-condition repairer who refused blood transfusion for his two-year old son on religious grounds which led to his death on Tuesday appeared before an Accra Circuit.
Jakes Komla Asamoah, 33, has been charged with negligently causing harm and intentionally and unlawfully refusing access of the necessities of health and life to his son.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was admitted to GH˘ 10,000 cedis bail with two sureties to be justified.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr. George Abavelim prosecuting said the complainant in the case was Dr. Maame Yaa Nyarko, a medical officer at the Princess Marie Hospital, Accra while the accused lived at Amansan.
He said on February 9, this year at about 1205 mid-day, the accused took his son by name Kelvin Asamoah, aged two years four months, who was sick to the Princess Marie Hospital for treatment.
Mr Abavelim said on arrival at the hospital, the medical officer on duty examined Kelvin and noticed that the patient was anaemic and needed blood transfusion but the accused who is a member of the Jehovah Witness refused and insisted on religious grounds that his son should not be given any blood transfusion.
He said because of the refusal of the accused for the son to be given blood the boy died on February 10 and a report was made to the Police and Asamoah was arrested and in his caution statement admitted the offence.
Post mortem report on the deceased stated the cause of death among others as “severe anaemia”.
The deceased has since been buried.
Source: GNA - Ghana News Agency
Jakes Komla Asamoah, 33, has been charged with negligently causing harm and intentionally and unlawfully refusing access of the necessities of health and life to his son.
He pleaded not guilty to the charges and was admitted to GH˘ 10,000 cedis bail with two sureties to be justified.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr. George Abavelim prosecuting said the complainant in the case was Dr. Maame Yaa Nyarko, a medical officer at the Princess Marie Hospital, Accra while the accused lived at Amansan.
He said on February 9, this year at about 1205 mid-day, the accused took his son by name Kelvin Asamoah, aged two years four months, who was sick to the Princess Marie Hospital for treatment.
Mr Abavelim said on arrival at the hospital, the medical officer on duty examined Kelvin and noticed that the patient was anaemic and needed blood transfusion but the accused who is a member of the Jehovah Witness refused and insisted on religious grounds that his son should not be given any blood transfusion.
He said because of the refusal of the accused for the son to be given blood the boy died on February 10 and a report was made to the Police and Asamoah was arrested and in his caution statement admitted the offence.
Post mortem report on the deceased stated the cause of death among others as “severe anaemia”.
The deceased has since been buried.
Source: GNA - Ghana News Agency
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Man refused blood to dying son
Danny Haszard | Maine -USA (Location: United States) | 5/7/2008 1:10:00 PM
Simple fact-The Bible does not prohibit Blood transfusions.If you are bleeding to death it is more dangerous to refuse a blood transfusions than to take one.
Bloodless surgeries are great if they can be elective.1/3rd of all trauma deaths are from blood loss.
Many Jehovah's Witnesses men,women and children die every year worldwide due to blood transfusion ban.Rank & file Jehovah's Witness are indoctrinated to be scared to death of blood.
FYI
1) JW's DO USE many parts aka 'fractions' aka components of blood,so if it's 'sacred' to God why the hypocritical contradiction flip-flop?
2) They USE blood collections that are donated by Red cross and others but don't donate back,more hypocrisy.
3) The Watchtower promotes and praises bloodless elective surgeries,this is a great advancement indeed.BUT it's no good to me if I am bleeding to death from a car crash and lose half my blood volume and need EMERGENCY blood transfusion.
WATCHTOWER HEMOPHILIAC HYPOCRISY
Danny Haszard | Maine-USA (Location: United States) | 5/7/2008 1:14:00 PM
WATCHTOWER HEMOPHILIAC HYPOCRISY Jehovah's Witnesses may take certain components of blood, such as hemophiliac preparations (Factor VIII and Factor IX),and have for many years.
The greatest risk of AIDS infection comes from this procedure which is allowed by the Watchtower society,so this proves that this whole entire blood ban thing is totally made up and man made and NOT from the Bible.
All this hypocritical posturing about how sinfull blood is,when they use 45% of the components that is in a bag of blood.
Bloodless surgeries are great if they can be elective.1/3rd of all trauma deaths are from blood loss.
Man refused blood to dying son
Nana Ama Mensah/Vic | (Location: Spain) | 5/8/2008 2:43:00 PM
This is rubb**h.This man should be jailed for killing his own son. The bible do not prohibit blood tranfusion so these Jehovah Witnesses should think twice and stop killing innocent people.
