it must be awful for doctors ,knowing they could save someone with a transfusion .there was a family near my mums many years ago who refused a transfusion for their little son and if memory serves me right it was taken before a judge and the doctors were allowed to do it .
A friend's mum might have been saved by a transfusion but it was not allowed as they were devout JW. This was in the early 60s - and I must stress the word MIGHT. Very sad though.