blondie : Sounds like this is a bigger problem.
I think so. First of all, a report alleges that "the facility operated without a licensed doctor or nurse,
performed surgeries in a poorly equipped environment, and lacked any
semblance of a sterilization unit or Infection Prevention and Control
(IPC) standards". Seems a recipe for disaster.
Secondly, its alleged that the clinic was "using
electricity from the public grid to conduct the operation" and the "electricity went off during the [c-section] operation and they had to rush to put on generating set."
Finally, there seems some confusion whether it was the woman who died who was a JW and so the staff refused to transfuse blood on the strength of the consent she had signed, reported here, or whether it was the owner of the clinic who was a JW and refused transfusion.
The reason I entertain this alternative version is that the clinic had already delivered two of her children so must have been operating for several years. It seems unlikely to me that this would be the first time a blood transfusion was required, especially as they were performing caesarean sections. Also, in the reports which quote the medical authorities who subsequently closed down the place, none of them refer to refusal to perform a transfusion. This allegation came from a FB post by her partner after she died. I also don't discount the possibility that both the woman who died and the owner of the clinic were JWs, which would account for the confusion.
