Pregnant woman dies after doctor allegedly refused to do blood transfusion due to her religious beliefs

A Nigerian woman has reportedly died due to alleged negligence at a hospital where she went to deliver her baby

The story was posted on Facebook by a man who alleged that the woman needed a blood transfusion, but the doctor refused to do it

Instead of trying to save the woman’s life, the doctor allegedly said her faith forbids blood transfusion.

According to the distraught man, the doctor attributed her refusal to do a blood transfusion to her religious beliefs

Chris said: “We lost our beloved to the cold hands of death. My beloved was 7 months pregnant and started feeling pains in her stomach, she was rush to standard maternity clinic here in Port Harcourt at borokiri church hill. To be honest it was at these hospital she give birth to her other children, but this case was different, she gave birth through (CS ) I mean operation, the doctor run an operation on her which was successful but my beloved has lost a lot of blood and needed blood to support her life, but the doctor said she don’t do that in her hospital because she is a religious person (Jehovah witnesses).”

He also alleged that electricity went off during the operation and they had to rush to put on the generating set. His words: “First, you forget your religion before running an hospital. Second, you run an operation in your hospital with Nigerian nepa light, which failed during the operation before they started running to put on the generator. My beloved was killed by the doctor’s religious believe. The family was tricked to sign for the operation because of their selfish interest. Victoria Paris we miss you. I NEED JUSTICE FOR MY BELOVED.”