There has been an outpour of rage on social media following the release of a video revealing a Nigerian father who has refused medical assistance for his sick daughter.
According to the ma, he is a member of Jehovah Witness and it is against their doctrine as a church to indulge in blood transfusion
Harrison Gwamnishu, an activist shared the video, according to MR Harrison, he met with the parent of the girl in Sapele Delta state.
Her father said he is not against medical aid for his sick daughter; however, what he will not permit is a blood transfusion to be done on her.
His daughter, Precious, who is just 1 year and 7 months old daughter Hydrocephalus and might undergo surgery.
However, if surgery is carried out on her, she might need a blood transfusion
But according to the father of the father of the girl, he said:
” We in Jehovah’s witnesses, we don’t take blood. I would not want to transfuse blood into the child. We will not accept blood transfusion. If in the course of surgery they would transfuse blood in the child, we would not want that. I don’t want my baby to die but that is our faith”
Watch the video below:
However, Activist Harrison posted another video confirming that the girl’s father has accepted treatment and a possible blood transfusion