First of all, we do NOT know all the facts or situation about this family. The parents were not refusing to have the surgery, just not with blood, which is NOT always necessary, again we do not know all the facts. The doctors should not just out right refuse, and should work with what they are given. The doctors refusing to do nothing becuase they don't like the facts is horrible on their part. Blood transfusions may have a high success rate, but also do come with serious possible side effects. Now, the transfer to another hospital did not say the parents took the baby in a car, they may have transfered in an ambulance with staff, which is often done when a patient wants to transfer.
On a last note, the article does not say how the baby died. For all we know the baby would have died of the many possible complications from this serious surgery regardless of the transfusion.
I am not advocating for or against blood transfusions. I do advocate getting all the facts before we hang the parents of this child. There are few people out there that have been in their situation and could understand what they are going through. I feel sorry for their loss of thier infant. Many of you should be ashamed for critzing these parents choices without the facts. I hope that next time an article like this gets posted you think before you judged. Your no better than the witnesses your writing about if you continue to do so.