Legalbrief - Judge orders blood transfusion on Jehovah's Witness baby: "Judge orders blood transfusion on Jehovah's Witness baby
Published in: Legalbrief Africa
Date: Mon 10 November 2008
Category: South Africa
Issue No: 306
The Pietermaritzburg High Court granted an urgent order authorising paediatrician Shamila Singh to administer a life-saving blood transfusion to a four-day-old baby boy whose parents allegedly refused their consent on religious grounds as they are Jehovah's Witnesses."