Another Quebec JW woman dies after childbirth

by OrphanCrow 5 Replies latest watchtower medical

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  OrphanCrow

  Milande Louis Cadet, a 46 year old Jehovah's Witness woman, died after childbirth in a Montreal hospital on October 3, 2016.

  This interview and story is in French. I have done a poor Google translate of the article...the TV story likely has more and better details

  http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2016/10/24/lhopital-st-marys-reagit-au-deces-de-mirlande-louis-cadet
  

  Hospital St. Mary's of Montreal responded to the VAT News report aired Saturday on the 46-year-old died after birth to her boy, in early October.
  "We respect the choice of our patients about treatment," said CIUSSS the West Island of Montreal on Monday.
  Mirlande Louis Cadet, a member of Jehovah's Witnesses, refused a blood transfusion during childbirth. It is believed that his relatives.
  According to preliminary information, it might have suffered from a hemorrhage, and there might have been a refusal of blood transfusions because of her religious beliefs.
  She has lost a lot of blood at the point where a transfer was necessary for survival.
  According to the father and one of Ms. Cadet brothers, spouse of Ms. Louis-Cadet, Jehovah's Witness, refused the blood transfusion is done.
  "Jehovah's Witnesses were on it, they did not want her to receive a blood transfusion. They kept her alone with them, "said his brother, Isaac Cadet TVA Nouvelles.
  The spouse of Ms. Cadet refused to answer the question of VAT News last Saturday.
  In response, the hospital St. Mary's said to offer his condolences to the family. "We can not comment on a specific case because patient records are confidential," said the CIUSSS.
  Recall Eloise Dupuis, this young mother also Jehovah's Witness, died recently in similar circumstances.
  "I always come back to the same question. Is the patient able to give informed consent and she could measure the consequences of his refusal, if refusal ago, "said Manon Boyer's aunt Eloise Dupuis.

  *thanks for this information, Prologos. Hopefully this will get picked up by an English news agency
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  prologos

  thinking on this, how tragic. Blood transfusions should have given doctors the time to get to the sources of these post-cesarian continuing blood losses, and stop them for good.
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  OrphanCrow

  Yes, it is tragic.

  A cesarean hysterectomy is especially risky.

  This is how one doctor described what it was like to face a cesarean hysterectomy with a JW patient:

  ...there was one patient I took care of several years ago who was especially worrisome. She was entering her third trimester with a pregnancy that had various complications related to her uterus and placenta that were going to necessitate a cesarean delivery, and quite likely a cesarean hysterectomy.

  A cesarean hysterectomy is a difficult and frightening surgery. It’s daunting to try to take out the uterus of a pregnant woman right after a baby has left it: The blood vessels feeding it are bringing one-fifth of her blood volume to it every minute, and new blood vessels have formed in every direction, following no solid anatomical rules, because the pregnancy has strongly requested them since the day it set up shop. During the surgery, you clamp and tie off arteries that are the size of your pinky finger and sometimes your thumb; they bleed, you clamp and tie them again. Ultimately, the surgical saying goes, all bleeding stops. But we’d prefer it to be because we have a successful surgery and not because there’s no blood left.

  For this patient, the plan for cesarean hysterectomy was made because, at this time, it was this patient’s only option. However, it is unusual to get through a cesarean hysterectomy safely without a blood transfusion. It was terrifying to me to have to consider not having the option.
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  berrygerry

  The blood vessels feeding it are bringing one-fifth of her blood volume to it every minute, and new blood vessels have formed in every direction, following no solid anatomical rules, because the pregnancy has strongly requested them since the day it set up shop. During the surgery, you clamp and tie off arteries that are the size of your pinky finger and sometimes your thumb; they bleed, you clamp and tie them again.

  Wow, you would bleed out in just a few minutes.
  
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  OrphanCrow

  These recent two deaths in Quebec are an indication of the very high risk that a JW woman faces when she is pregnant.

  2 maternal deaths out of a population of only 155,000 JWs in Canada. Less than 1 weeks apart.

  To be generous, let's say that these are the only two deaths from this cause, in Canada, the whole year. And we don't know that - theseAnd keep in mind that Canada has a reasonably good health care system with a fairly low maternal death rate. But, to be generous again, let's pretend that the whole world has the same level of care that Canada does (it doesn't) and the same maternal death rate.

  Extrapolating 2 maternal deaths per 115,000 to the entire population of JWs worldwide, that would mean that at least 140 JW women per year die from blood refusal. Needlessly.
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  Half banana

  Such a waste of good lives. What misery is brought about by being a brain-dead JW.

  Obedience to the rules of the Watchtower even if it means dying.

  The Watchtower who have never got anything right in their 137 year history...and for the hope of a never to be realised utopian fantasy.

  Let the world know how dangerous this religion is.

  Oh! those poor people in Canada who are suffering because of this delusional cult.