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Death and a 23-day twist
Twenty-six-year-old Isaac Valdez died in Texas after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He refused a blood transfusion in keeping with the beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses, and his family chose to respect his decision. Doctors said the life-saving surgery required a transfusion. Twenty-three days after his death, the religious community announced that followers could make their own decisions about accepting red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma, and platelets, while the ban on whole-blood transfusions would remain in place. It is not known whether the change would have altered Valdez’s decision, or whether the components now left to individual choice would have been sufficient to treat him.
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