Jehovah’s Witness Emma Gough: Husbands Farewell To Wife
Filed under: News | By: Kerry
Posted on: November 6, 2007 | 23 Comments
The husband of a Jehovah’s Witness Emma Gough who had of twins and then died after refusing a blood transfusion spoke of his grief at her funeral yesterday in Telford, Shropshire.
Anthony Gough, must now face bringing up his newborn twins without their mum, Anthony said that “It’s difficult for everyone. We are coping the best we can.”
A family source has said that “It is impossible to imagine the anguish he is going through.”
Emma Gough who was just 22, died hours after having the healthy babies.
Emma had signed a form forbidding a transfusion because her faith banned it. But complications led to a massive blood loss and despite medics asking then to overturn her decision her family could not bring them self to do it.
The source said that “The Witness community knows it was a decision he had to make and supports it. Emma made her decision because the Bible tells Witnesses they must abstain from blood.
An inquest into Emma’s death has been opened and adjourned.
One of Anthony’s neighbours has said that “I can’t believe a man wouldn’t do all he could to save his dying wife. What kind of God wants little twins to grow up without a mummy?
But I guess that’s what we are all thinking?
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Jeff, give it a rest. You clearly are not up with the times are you? Apparently this hospital has an unusually high incidence of patients dieing during or after childbirth, and there is a strong suspicion that that were negligent in the way they dealt with this woman in not performing a C-Section quickly enough. I think the word `cutbacks` comes into the equation.
And please, before you write “They [J.Ws] have NO tolerance for dissent” take a look at yourself, you seem a very intolerant sort of character.
James, your info is great to support bloodless surgery whenever possible. I would do my best to avoid getting a blood transfusion in general. BUT, it is not medically valid to refuse blood when you are ‘bleeding out’ and losing your grip on life due to blood loss. That is the whole risk factor. Not everyone comes through surgery without a need for blood, no matter how good the surgeon. And frankly, a controlled surgery cannot be compared to an uncontrolled trauma and severe blood loss that cannot be staunched. You can’t replace red blood cells with any artificial means. You must have adequate red cells in order to live. Not negoiable.
But, less dependence on blood is a great thing. It is not the whole answer, nor is a non-transfusing treatment always going to work.
HELLO JW’s DO use all kinds of Blood products (about 60%) DON’T donate back to the blood collection centers.
What part of this self evident truthful fact do the JW defenders not understand? If blood is sacred to God then how can the Watchtower leaders play God themselves with what ‘fractions’ parts can be used?
Thousand of men women and children have died in the last 20 years.
Hello!