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"We deeply sympathise with Beverley Matthews's family as they come to terms with their sudden and tragic loss." "She loved life and in harmony with her religious beliefs, chose non-blood medical management of her condition. However, they respect and obey the plain scriptural command to abstain from blood. Jehovah's Witnesses base their beliefs on three passages in the Bible which order them to abstain from blood.ĭerek Casey, a spokesman for the Jehovah's Witnesses, said: "Jehovah's Witnesses' love of life moves them to seek the best medical treatment for themselves and their families. She made the right decision - she had to stick to her beliefs. Mrs Matthews's mother, Marie Vernon, said yesterday: "I was looking for the truth and this religion gave me that.
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Mr Lewis said he had spoken to Mrs Matthews's father, brother and one of the church elders who had visited the hospital. But it was the only advised course and her only hope at the time." The idea of the blood transfusion is to give you time for the antibiotics to work and for the poisons to clear. Philip Lewis, a consultant at Stepping Hill hospital, told the inquest: "She had an infection which was causing the blood to start destroying itself. Her family had been Jehovah's Witnesses for 25 years, although her husband is not thought to share her beliefs. Mrs Matthews was the mother of a four-year-old son, Jake, and lived with her husband, Ian, in Bredbury, Stockport. He added that her condition was so serious that a transfusion may not have saved her. He said the consultant had been blunt enough to say death was inevitable, but Mrs Matthews and her family had refused treatment. He said it was not clear whether the illness had been caused by a natural localised infection or by tampon use. Mrs Matthews died several hours later.Īt the inquest last week the coroner, John Pollard, recorded an open verdict. Hospital consultants told her that she would have a 30% chance of survival if she had a blood transfusion, but she and her family refused.
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She failed to respond to antibiotics and her condition deteriorated rapidly.