The husband of the
deceased, Emmanuel Timothy, alleged that the wife, Grace, who was a
member of the Jehovah witness, died because her family refused to
consent to her having a blood transfusion.
``She lost her
pregnancy at seven months, which resulted in a surgery to get the baby
out. After the surgery she had complications.
``When she
complained of serious stomach ache, we rushed her to the National
Hospital where the doctor said her stomach had to be flushed. ``But,
before the flushing, they said she needed blood transfusion because she
had already lost much blood.
``However, she did not get the blood transfusion because her religion and family forbid blood transfusion,’’ Timothy said.
When asked if he
would press charges against the parents of his late wife, he said he
might consider doing so. ``I have to press charges because they
prevented my wife from receiving blood transfusion. ``Over our dead
body. It is better she dies than for her to take another person’s
blood,’’ they said to me.
Timothy was at the police station to report the wife’s death.
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