Woman’s transfusion was like ‘rape’
The 23-year-old Congolese woman, who suffered a major haemorrhage after giving birth to a healthy baby boy, had refused the treatment on religious grounds because she is a Jehovah’s Witness.
Believed to be the first case of its kind involving an adult in Ireland, the court ruled the Coombe Hospital must put the interests of the child first and save the mother’s life.
