Posts by OrphanCrow

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Hemosep - blood recycling system

by TheWonderofYou in

hemosep – blood recycling system.

a blood recycling system, the hemosep cell savage, was developped at brightwake ltd. it is praised as costsaving and lifesaving device for jw who undertake major surgery.

one of the company's trading arms advancis surgical markets the device.

OrphanCrow

That is a comprehensive post, Wonder.

This part is interesting:

Specific risk of the strategy of non-transfusion
It is estimated that non-transfusion strategy adds a mortality risk of 0.5-1.5% to the patient’s own (The American Journal of Medicine, February 1993). This means that for every 100 patients undergoing bloodless surgery strictly, there is one that dies needlessly.
This figure is well above the surgical-anaesthetic risk without the restriction of blood. According to recent statistics (Anaesthesia, 56 (12): 1141-1153) in 10,000 anaesthetics:
There are 8.8 cases of perioperative death
There are 0.5 cases of perioperative coma
There are 1.4 deaths associated with anaesthesia
That is, if the possibility of death or coma is 0.5-8.8 per 10,000 operations, the strategy of non-transfusion-risk places this 50-150/10.000 interventions. This means that the risk is 20-100 times higher.
These statistics have been made in different years, and therefore medical technology may have improved this situation. However, we have not found in medical literature most recent statistics in terms of morbidity and mortality associated with strict non-transfusion strategy.

... for every 100 patients undergoing bloodless surgery strictly, there is one that dies needlessly.

...the strategy of non-transfusion-risk places this 50-150/10.000 interventions. This means that the risk is 20-100 times higher.

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Hemosep - blood recycling system

by TheWonderofYou in

hemosep – blood recycling system.

a blood recycling system, the hemosep cell savage, was developped at brightwake ltd. it is praised as costsaving and lifesaving device for jw who undertake major surgery.

one of the company's trading arms advancis surgical markets the device.

OrphanCrow

Advantis Surgical is the company that recently entered into a contract to supply the Hemosep machine to cardiac units in Canadian hospitals.

https://www.cadth.ca/media/pdf/EH0019_Hemosep_e.pdf

The Canadian JWs certainly aren't wasting the opportunity to promote this technology in the wake of Eloise's death:

Jehovah's Witnesses defend hospital visits that push for bloodless treatment

A blood death, from a pregnancy complication, in a Canadian hospital means that this machine can now be promoted for more than just cardiac units.

Eloise's death is being used as a promotional tool for the bloodless industry.

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Hemosep - blood recycling system

by TheWonderofYou in

hemosep – blood recycling system.

a blood recycling system, the hemosep cell savage, was developped at brightwake ltd. it is praised as costsaving and lifesaving device for jw who undertake major surgery.

one of the company's trading arms advancis surgical markets the device.

OrphanCrow

I am curious.

Does anybody know at what point the Hospital Information Services get a kickback from this company?

At what point in the distribution network is the HLC involved? This cell saver was trialed on Jehovah's Witness patients - that is an indication of HLC invovlement.

And...are there JWs who profit from this company? Are there JWs invested in Advantis Surgical and/or Brightwake? Does Advantis sponsor any of the JWs who are in the HLC network?

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seen a few discussions asking if the wts are hurting for $$ or still sitting on a mountain of gold.. regardless of their child abuse legal fees and ongoing broadcasting for more dough, i believe they have piles and piles of cash.. talked with a diff'd accountant who sat in the accounting dept.

at the conventions for years.. a football stadium (or the like) costs them about $70 - 90,000 to rent for a 3 day dub show.

they take in $400,000 in donations from the r&f.

OrphanCrow

zappa: ...And this Bethel is now a major campus - it seems to be going balls to the wall there!
Otherwise the GB are just highly deluded and convinced of the imminence of the Big-BuggerUp ....or there is some strange "Third Force" factor at play ????

Makes total sense...on a couple of levels.

Blood politics being one

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Cult expert on Jehovah's Witnesses and Blood

by Lee Elder in

cult expert steven hassan analyzes the death of young canadian jw mother: https://freedomofmind.com/…/2016/10/21/a-watchtower-tragedy/.

OrphanCrow

Thanks for posting that link, Lee. Excellent article by a well known expert on cults.

This case is drawing a lot of attention. Facebook is pretty active.

I think that the Canadian setting is making a difference - Canada has a public health system so the public is naturally interested. Special treatments demanded by the JWs cost all of Canada extra and the treatment that Eloise did get was expensive. And we are a small country - she was everybody's neighbor.

The blood refusal deaths don't always get media coverage but this one is an example of how much collateral damage occurs when a JW patient enters a hospital with a no blood card. So many others impacted and traumatized. This death was like a physiological and emotional bomb going off that spread its ugly shrapnel everywhere - family, friends, medical staff...the whole country is feeling the pain and wondering why

So many people are horrified by this senseless death of a young mother who had been instilled with a blood phobia from birth.

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Arrival of War in 1914 a Shocking Development

by berrygerry in

one comment-giver during the rules study, remarked that ww1 was predicted by wt to arrive in 1914, despite the fact that everyone expected an era of unparalleled peace.. this was something continuously drilled into our heads - how peaceful everything was prior to ww1.. when you look at wt library under 'world war i' - "unexpected" - the results are all offline - there are no recent references ( unexpected: re 106; w92 5/1 4-5; yb87 124; w86 2/15 5; w86 11/1 6 ).

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200276290.

the offline quotes are as follows:.

OrphanCrow

Rutherford was a Democrat in his early days:

http://jwdivorces.bravehost.com/rutherford.html

An unsuccessful Democrat. In true Rutherford fashion, he turned on socialism and took an oppositional stance to his former friends, now turned enemies once he was rejected by the Democrats.

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Arrival of War in 1914 a Shocking Development

by berrygerry in

one comment-giver during the rules study, remarked that ww1 was predicted by wt to arrive in 1914, despite the fact that everyone expected an era of unparalleled peace.. this was something continuously drilled into our heads - how peaceful everything was prior to ww1.. when you look at wt library under 'world war i' - "unexpected" - the results are all offline - there are no recent references ( unexpected: re 106; w92 5/1 4-5; yb87 124; w86 2/15 5; w86 11/1 6 ).

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200276290.

the offline quotes are as follows:.

OrphanCrow

Wonder: Why did Rutherford later "hate"(?) Jews and when did he begin to write against Jews? One knows that Russels wrote in some books full of glorification for Zionism when he understood Zionism and resettling of the holy land as prophetic fullfillments that had to happen in the last days.

The years between the predicted date of 1925 and the beginning of Rutherford's new religion in 1931, the JWs, were years that saw over 75% of members leave the Bible Students.

Rutherford re-grouped, re-groomed financiers, and re-established his struggling publishing empire. His political alliances changed as his financial needs demanded it.

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Remote Translation Offices (RTO) of Jehovah's Witnesses

by Brokeback Watchtower in

what do you think about these things.

it seems like a monumental waste of time and money, a pipe dream of the governing body based on wishful thinking.

this corporation is going down the tubes with these asshole deluded genius's calling the financial investment shot.. buying chemical dump property around the world to build their financial empire headquarters on while facing massive child molestation lawsuits now and many more in the future means it looking kind of bleak for these messed idiots running things.. http://jw-branchoffices.blogspot.com/p/watchtower-remote-translation-offices.html.

OrphanCrow

Wonder: Is there any public funding for this literisation work?

In some places, yes.

Not to mention that literacy programming is worth its weight in gold in political influence and image making. Awards and recognition from governments like Mexico and Zimbabwe. Alliances with UN organizations to make ease of passage in areas of 'need'. And so on...

And, as Sir says...a good "charitable" activity to fly under the tax radar

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FYI, Eloise Dupuis, 27, a JW, died last Wednesday in a Quebec hospital because she refused a blood transfusion

by AndersonsInfo in

i just received the following message from a friend this morning.. barbara.

eloise dupuis, 27 years old, died at the hotel dieu hospital in lévis, quebec, canada, wednesday, october 12th.

she died because of her religious principles.

OrphanCrow

The comments are flying fast and thick on the CBC facebook page

Hot topic

CBC News facebook

Stephane: I bet they will say the coroner will have done a bad job. That he didn't truly cooperate with the HLC to understand fully everything that was involved. He is just a coroner, not a doctor, this case was too complicated for him to get it. He's hand in hand with the hospital doctors who probably lied and fabricated evidence, blah blah blah, Satan is behind this, blah blah blah, these are truly the last day, we must remain loyal to Jehovah. blah blah blah - I'll go fill a bucket of puke.

Well, the JWs can say what they like but a Canadian coroner might have a bit different standards than they do.

The coroner in this case is Luc Malouin. I couldn't find much about his qualifications or background other than he has investigated some significant cases.

I did find this which explains what to expect for Canadian coroner qualifications:

The provinces of Alberta,[7] Manitoba,[8] Nova Scotia[9] and Newfoundland and Labrador[10] have a Medical Examiner system, meaning that all death investigations are conducted by specialist physicians trained in Forensic Pathology, with the assistance of other medical and law enforcement personnel. All other provinces run on a coroner system. In Prince Edward Island, and Ontario, all coroners are, by law, physicians. In the other provinces and territories with a coroner system, namely British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Quebec, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon, coroners are not necessarily physicians but generally have legal, medical, or investigative backgrounds.

Of course there will be the true believers who will remain true believers in the face of whatever. But, there will also be those, both in the JWs and in the public, who will be waiting with great interest to discover what the Quebec coroner has to say

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Arrival of War in 1914 a Shocking Development

by berrygerry in

one comment-giver during the rules study, remarked that ww1 was predicted by wt to arrive in 1914, despite the fact that everyone expected an era of unparalleled peace.. this was something continuously drilled into our heads - how peaceful everything was prior to ww1.. when you look at wt library under 'world war i' - "unexpected" - the results are all offline - there are no recent references ( unexpected: re 106; w92 5/1 4-5; yb87 124; w86 2/15 5; w86 11/1 6 ).

http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1200276290.

the offline quotes are as follows:.

OrphanCrow

This following Bible Student article, I think, is critical background to understanding why Charles Russell made his 1914 prediction and how his doctrine was embedded in political concerns of the time:

http://agsconsulting.com/articles/zionists.htm

Regarding the significant Land issue, Pastor Russell's position is reflected in a statement he made while Palestine was yet part of the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire. In 1911 he proclaimed:
"The message to them [Jews] now is that the land is theirs -- that their period of chastisement is at an end and that shortly divine blessing will come to them -- not as Christians, but as Jews."
In November 1914 after showing that the "sevenfold" or "seven times" period of gentile possession of the Land (Leviticus 26:23-42) had expired, Pastor Russell said:
"Now we are able to tell them [Jews] that the Gentile Times have expired, and that they may go up and take possession of the land. We do not know how soon they will take possession. According to their faith it will be unto them."
The Pastor also stated that every effort should be made to buy the land from a nearly bankrupt Turkey since if Turkey lost Palestine in the war, it would be a total loss.
When Pastor Russell died October 31, 1916, the Herzl Year Book observed: 10
Russell himself, according to the testimony of the American Jewish Press from the years 1910 to 1916 maintained excellent and friendly relations with the leaders of American Jewry to his last days.
Historians observe that Zionism was at its lowest ebb between 1904 and 1917. But Pastor Russell just before his death was gratified to observe that he did much to revive it. The work of Pastor Russell on behalf of the Jewish People can best he summed up by recognizing that never before had the Jewish People opened their hearts to a Christian minister...And never before had a Christian minister brought such heartening comfort to the Jewish People.