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Fri 12 Dec 2009Court rulings urged as coma death followed blood refusal
A CORONER has called for hospital managements to consider seeking a court ruling in contexts “similar to this case”, following the death of a woman who refused a blood transfusion on religious grounds.
Anita Baxter (56), Tudor Court, Coill Dubh, Naas, Co Kildare, died of acute cardiac failure due to low blood volume secondary to blood loss in Tallaght Hospital on September 15th last. Her death occurred five days after Ms Baxter, a Jehovah’s Witness, suffered a significant bleed following surgery to remove a tumour from her colon.
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