St.Petersburg, March 29, 2012
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The day before, deputy head doctor from the Rauchfuss
Children's Hospital turned to the ombudsman. It cleared
out that the girl's father practically banned the doctors
to save his child.
The girl and her mother suffered from the road accident on
March 26, when a driver drove on the three passersby at
the Solidarnost Prospect.
Doctors tried to persuade the girl's father, but did not
have any success. It cleared out that he belonged to
Jehovah Witnesses whose convictions do not allow
blood transfusion even in situations dangerous for
life.
The man brought an advocate with him, who not only told
the doctors that the father officially refused the
transfusion, but explained what consequences the hospital
would face if they violate the parental ban.
However, chairman of the Smolny Court Viktor Shashkin took a resolution to permit blood transfusion and make an operation by life-saving indications independently from the parent's ban.
