WE DON'T ACCEPT UNKNOWN BLOOD! Doctor: Your wife is short of blood. She needs immediate blood transfusion. Husband: Same thing they said in the other hospital she's been in the last 3 days of labour. We are Jehovah's Witness, we don't accept unknown blood. Doctor: This is highly important to save your wife's life and the unborn baby. Husband: We have worked for the Lord with all our strength, He can't fail us, she can't die. Doctor: I may need to proceed forcefully if you don't accept. Husband: Then be ready to FACE THE LAW IN COURT! PAUSE: You have once been boxed in that corner as a doctor, not knowing what action to take, right? So the doctor went back to the theatre and asked the patient if she had another relative close by who could give consent for the blood transfusion. With tears in her eyes, the patient begged her husband to allow the doctors carry on with the blood transfusion but he refused, bluntly. The doctors were furious. They tried convincing him for the last time but he was pretty obstinate. Some minutes later, the doctors asked him to take his wife to Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). He was required to get an ambulance. Gosh, he got a Volvo heasre! (😱) Four hours later, a proper ambulance arrived, thankfully. The patient was placed right in. Hardly had she entered when her eyes fluttered open for a moment and then she breathed her last. Her unborn baby.... ....click on LEARN MORE to continue reading