Chorley hospital to introduce blood recycling technology (From Chorley Citizen)
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Chorley hospital to introduce blood recycling technology
11:53am Monday 15th February 2010 in
Blood saving technology has been launched at Chorley hospital.
The new high-tech piece of equipment is used to recycle a patient’s blood during surgery.
The £10,000 cell salvage machine collects blood, which would otherwise be lost during surgery and cleans it.
The recycled blood can then be used during the same operation and given back to the patient.
The use of the machine will cut down on the need for blood transfusions, obtained from blood donors, and can also be used for patients who do not wish to receive donor blood due to personal reasons, such as Jehovah Witnesses.
Training with the new kit is currently on-going and the machine is expected to be in use within the next two months.
Sanchia Baines, blood transfusion practitioner, said: “This is an exciting development for the trust.
"It will cut down on the reliance on donor blood and the very small risks associated with receiving it.”
Comments(4)
Rose Wilson
says...
5:43pm Mon 15 Feb 10
The issue is whether or not the medical use of blood is a sin against God. There is no Biblical basis for the Watchtower's position that the medical use of blood is a sin against God. The admonition at Acts 15:29 to "keep abstaining from....blood" was telling first century Christians to continue obeying the Noachian decree that forbade eating the unbled flesh of slaughtered animals. Donated blood doesn't come from killing and transfused blood isn't consumed by the body as food so no blood is eaten.
The thousands of JW deaths caused by the misinterpretation of the Bible does not go away nor is it justified because of the new technology of Bloodless treatments.
Jane.RN
says...
9:59pm Mon 15 Feb 10
CharlesHaskins
says...
9:53am Tue 16 Feb 10
They do not back donate themselves.
If everyone on the planet converted to the WTBTS religion tomorrow and became baptised Jehovah's Witnesses.....
Would there be any blood donated to break down into parts?
Simple question.....yes or no?
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