Blood Transfusion

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Tiger receives blood transfusion   -  Nov 18, 2008
Vets have carried out what is believed to be the first blood transfusion operation on a wild tiger after it was attacked by villagers in central India. ... Telegraph.co.uk

Girl's forced blood transfusion didn't violate rights: top court   -  Jun 26, 2009
The 14-year-old Jehovah's Witness, identified only as AC, who said her rights were violated when she was forced to have a blood transfusion. (CBC) ... CBC.ca

Hamilton suspended for alleged blood transfusion   -  Apr 19, 2005
After riding in Lance Armstrong's shadow for most of his career, American cyclist Tyler Hamilton made history yesterday in a less illustrious fashion – he ... San Diego Union - Tribune - San Diego Union Tribune

Cyclist Tests Positive For Blood Transfusion   -  Jul 25, 2007
PAU, France Alexandre Vinokourov tested posi- tive for a banned blood transfusion after winning last weekend's time trial, prompting his Astana team to pull ... St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive

Former Indonesia Dictator Suharto Receives Blood Transfusion   -  May 4, 2006
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Former Indonesian dictator Suharto received a blood transfusion after being hospitalized with intestinal bleeding, a presidential ... FOXNews

Mother dies after refusing blood transfusion   -  Nov 5, 2007
By Felix Lowe. A 22-year-old woman who gave birth to healthy twins died hours later after reportedly refusing to receive a blood transfusion due to ... Telegraph.co.uk

Calif. Hospital Fined for Deadly Blood Transfusion   -  May 13, 2009
AP. A Southern California hospital has been fined $25000 by the state after nurses failed to follow blood transfusion protocol and a patient died as a ... ABC News

… Witness Rejects Pleas for Husband's Life-Saving Blood Transfusion   -  Jun 6, 2008
A mother sobbed over her Jehovah's Witness husband as he fought for life last night — but still refused to let him have a life-saving blood transfusion. ... FOXNews

Ailing Padres RHP Park to have blood transfusion   -  Aug 2, 2006
AP. SAN DIEGO -- San Diego Padres right-hander Chan Ho Park is expected to have a transfusion on Thursday to treat intestinal bleeding that led him to lose ... ESPN

Mother who died after refusing transfusion 'did the right thing'   -  Nov 6, 2007
Jehovah's Witnesses defended yesterday the decision of a young mother who died after refusing a potentially life-saving blood transfusion, having just given ... Times Online

Pa. Judge Says Inmate Can Refuse Blood Transfusion   -  Oct 7, 2009
Pa. judge bars state from forcing blood transfusion on inmate even if it could save his life. The Associated Press. A judge says the state of Pennsylvania ... ABC News

Nigeria blood transfusion first   -  May 12, 2005
Nigeria's first national blood transfusion centre to combat the spread of HIV/Aids has been opened by President Olusegun Obasanjo. ... BBC News

Judge: 14-year-old Jehovah's Witness can refuse blood transfusion   -  Nov 28, 2007
By AP. MOUNT VERNON — A 14-year-old Jehovah's Witness sick with leukemia has the right to refuse a blood transfusion, even though doing so might kill him, ... Seattle Times

Shot Jehovah's Witness refuses blood transfusion   -  Sep 22, 2008
A mother who survived a shooting which killed her husband refused blood transfusions in hospital because of her Jehovah's Witness beliefs, a family friend ... Telegraph.co.uk

Blood transfusion mix-up results end in death of Haifa woman   -  Jan 22, 2010
A Haifa woman who received a transfusion of the wrong blood type during surgery at Rambam Medical Center to reset a broken leg died of respiratory and ... Ha'aretz

Blood transfusion raises death risk for heart patients   -  Aug 8, 2009
Blood transfusion to hospitalised cardiac patients doubles the risk of infection and quadruples the risk of death, according to a new study. ... Times of India

Obama's 'New Deal': Barack lays out 'blood transfusion' for US...   -  Dec 8, 2008
By Mail Foreign Service. The American economy is a sickly patient in need of a major blood transfusion, President-elect Barack Obama said yesterday. ... Daily Mail

Patients' vCJD risk 'substantial'   -  Dec 8, 2006
So prions that enter the body through a blood transfusion rather than through ... She added: "Whilst no medical procedure, including blood transfusion, ... BBC News

Top court reserves judgment in girl's blood transfusion   -  May 20, 2008
The Supreme Court of Canada has reserved judgment in a case involving a teenager who is seeking to overturn a law that forced her to have a blood ... CBC.ca

Two more die after blood transfusion, toll 5   -  Sep 6, 2006
RAJKOT: The toll in the case involving deaths allegedly after blood transfusion in the city reached five, with two more deaths reported in the last two days ... Times of India

Doctors' plea for diploma course in blood transfusion   -  Oct 31, 2005
TIRUCHI : Speakers at the day-long orientation training programme for private practitioners on `Blood safety, STI and HIV' emphasised the need for starting ... The Hindu

Elderly woman dies after receiving incompatible blood transfusion   -  Aug 2, 2009
By JPOST.COM STAFF. An elderly woman died in Tel Hashomer's Sheba Medical Center on Sunday after accidentally receiving an incompatible blood transfusion ... Jerusalem Post

UK soldiers in contaminated blood transfusion warning   -  Jan 10, 2008
BRITISH soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan may have been exposed to contaminated blood, it has emerged. Eighteen seriously injured soldiers were given ... Scotsman

Ogun inaugurates committee on blood transfusion   -  Jan 20, 2010
By Ademola Oni, Published: Wednesday, 20 Jan 2010. The Ogun State Ministry of Health has inaugurated an eight-man Blood Transfusion Policy Formulation ... The Punch

No Cancer Risk From Blood Transfusion   -  May 17, 2007
By Jennifer Warner. May 17, 2007 -- Blood transfusions containing blood from precancerous donors do not appear to increase the risk of cancer in the ... WebMD

… teen seeks day in court; Wants to avoid blood transfusion Came...   -  May 2, 2005
He said he hopes the Ontario Superior Court will stay the B.C. order to apprehend the girl in Ontario and allow her to seek treatment at a cancer institute ... Pay-Per-View - Toronto Star - ProQuest Archiver

Third vCJD patient linked to blood transfusion   -  Feb 10, 2006
A third case of the human form of mad cow disease has been linked with a blood transfusion. The patient developed symptoms of vCJD about eight years after ... Daily Mail

Blood transfusion research prompts search for artificial substitutes   -  Oct 13, 2008
By Richard Gray. Without blood from six people she had never met, Julie Henderson might never have seen her daughter Megan. Two years ago, the 29-year-old ... Telegraph.co.uk

Against his will, the transfusion that saved a boy   -  May 4, 2005
The Children's Hospital at Westmead was seeking the court's approval for a life-saving blood transfusion for one of its patients. ... Sydney Morning Herald

Blood transfusion mix-up results end in death of Haifa woman   -  Mar 30, 2009
By Ran Reznick. A Haifa woman who received a transfusion of the wrong blood type during surgery at Rambam Medical Center to reset a broken leg died of ... Ha'aretz

US: 14-year-old boy refuses blood transfusion, dies   -  Nov 30, 2007
A 14-year-old American boy with leukemia died Wednesday, a few hours after a judge ruled the Jehovah's Witness had the right to refuse a blood transfusion ... 中国日报

A blood transfusion gave this mother and child the gift of life   -  Dec 12, 2006
With a weak smile, Goma Oli gazed down at the newborn baby lying next to her on the grimy hospital bed in the Jhapa region of eastern Nepal. ... Times Online

… doctors from giving husband John blood transfusion after Southall...   -  Jan 26, 2010
A MUM sobbed over her Jehovah's Witness hubby as he fought for life last night - but still refused to let him have a life-saving blood transfusion. ... The Sun

Blood transfusion ordered for Jehovah's Witness boy   -  Jul 23, 2005
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A judge has overruled a mother's religious objections and ordered a blood transfusion for a 12-year-old boy who is battling sickle ... USA TODAY - USA Today

'Best blood transfusion services in city'   -  Apr 28, 2009
CHANDIGARH: The city should be in the pink of health with yet another indication coming of its robust state of affairs. A few days after a report said ... Times of India

Will I Need a Blood Transfusion for Cancer Surgery?   -  Oct 4, 2007
Harry D. Bear, MD, Ph.D., Division Chairman, Surgical Oncology, Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University ... ABC News

Jehovah's Witness who refused blood transfusion after giving birth...   -  Apr 7, 2008
By Andy Dolan. The mother of a Jehovah's Witness who refused a blood transfusion after giving birth told a doctor she died 'faithful to her God', ... Daily Mail

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan   -  Jan 9, 2010
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's blood transfusion system is fragmented and there is a ... For instance, the government established the Islamabad Blood Transfusion ... Daily Times

Expert warns of vCJD blood transfusion risk   -  Nov 4, 2009
People who receive blood transfusions risk catching the human form of BSE from donors who do not realise they are carrying the illness, an expert warned ... The Guardian

Dr. Margot Kruskall, 56, pioneer of safe blood transfusion technique   -  Sep 2, 2005
By Gloria Negri, Globe Staff | September 2, 2005. In the early years of the AIDS epidemic, hematologist Dr. Margot (Sheffield) Kruskall was a pioneer in the ... Boston Globe

Uganda: Blood Transfusion is Safe   -  Jun 12, 2007
Kampala — Tomorrow, June 14, is the World Blood Donor Day. Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (UBTS) will use the day to thank those who donate blood to help ... AllAfrica.com

NL Beat: Padres pitcher needs blood transfusion   -  Aug 3, 2006
San Diego right-hander Chan Ho Park is expected to have a transfusion today to treat intestinal bleeding that led him to lose half his blood volume. ... Seattle Times

vCJD can be transmitted via blood transfusion   -  Aug 30, 2008
Washington, August 30 : After studying sheep for nine years, researchers at the University of Edinburgh have found evidence that vCJD can be transmitted ... Oneindia

“Transfusion of wrong blood group is medical negligenceâ€?   -  Jun 4, 2009
However during the second blood transfusion on May 20, ... Wrong blood transfusion is an error which no hospital/doctor exercising ordinary care would have ... Hindu

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan   -  Jan 8, 2010
Blood transfusion services must be upgraded and updated in both private and public sectors and the safe disposal of needles and other hospital, ... Daily Times

Surgery without blood transfusion   -  Mar 23, 2005
By Our Staff Correspondent. MYSORE, MARCH 22. A heart bypass surgery without blood transfusion was carried out on a patient by surgeons of the Vikram ... The Hindu

Blood Transfusion   -  Dec 27, 2007
Blood transfusion is a medical treatment that replaces blood lost through injury, surgery, or disease. The blood goes through a tube from a bag to an ... WebMD

… raids uncovered drugs, a blood transfusion machine and syringes,...   -  Feb 22, 2006
It was revealed that evidence seized in the weekend raids included unlabeled drugs, a blood transfusion ma chine and dozens of syringes, including some in ... Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive

Red Cross launches low cost centre for blood transfusion   -  Feb 1, 2009
Pune In a bid to minimise the burden on families of the Thalassemia patients, the Pune branch of the Indian Red Cross Society has come up with an initiative ... Expressindia.com

Woman died waiting for a blood transfusion at Manchester Royal...   -  Jan 25, 2010
By JO CHARLTON. A YOUNG woman died in hospital after waiting nearly two hours for a life-saving blood transfusion. Sally Thompson, 20, lost two litres of ... The Sun

Coombe acted lawfully in transfusion case   -  Apr 25, 2008
Doctors wanted to give her a blood transfusion but she told them she was a ... They say the babies will need a blood transfusion in the minutes and weeks ... RTE.ie

The influence of allogenic blood transfusion in patients having free...   -  Oct 18, 2005
The influence of perioperative blood transfusion in oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma remains uncertain. It is believed that blood transfusion ... Nature.com

MP: 136 get AIDS through blood transfusion: Rediff.com India News   -  Feb 16, 2006
Out of 1600 AIDS patients in Madhya Pradesh [ Images ], 136 contracted the disease through transfusion of contaminated blood, Heath Minister Ajay Bishnoi ... Rediff

Autologous blood transfusion to make surgeries safe at MU   -  Nov 5, 2009
LUCKNOW: It's time to get over the fear of bad or adulterated blood. The way out is autologuous blood transfusion in which a patient's own blood is taken ... Times of India

KARACHI: Seven regional blood transfusion centres for Sindh   -  Mar 10, 2007
By Mukhtar Alam. KARACHI, March 9: Sindh may establish seven regional blood transfusion centres with the financial and technical support of Germany, ... DAWN.com

Colombian hostage in dire need of transfusion   -  Apr 2, 2008
PARIS (AP) — The son of high-profile Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt says she needs a blood transfusion within hours to stay alive. ... USA TODAY - USA Today

Article: Nod needed for blood transfusion - New Straits Times |...   -  May 1, 2006
Nod needed for blood transfusion ... find New Straits Times articles. Annie Freeda Cruez New Straits Times 05-01-2006 Nod needed for blood transfusion ... Pay-Per-View - New Straits Times - HighBeam Research

Blood transfusion second highest cause for infection   -  Jun 3, 2009
Ahmedabad : Mitesh,12, undergoes at least 20 blood transfusions in a year for thalassemia. One such life-saving transfusion gave him AIDS. ... Times of India

Nigeria: Lagos Sets Up Committee On Blood Transfusion   -  Apr 28, 2005
Lagos — The Lagos State Government has inaugurated a committee to regulate blood transfusion and adopt penalties for offenders. The move was necessitated ... AllAfrica.com

Extension of blood transfusion order granted   -  Dec 28, 2007
The High Court has granted the continuation of an order given to the National Maternity Hospital to provide a blood transfusion if required to a baby ... RTE.ie

British troops | Transfusion fear | Tainted blood | The Sun |News   -  Jan 24, 2010
Early blood transfusion prepares a casualty for surgery which might otherwise be impossible or fatal. Interfere with any one of those three and you reduce ... The Sun

Blood volunteers helped create lifeline   -  Jun 6, 2008
The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) is meeting in Stirling ... Alistair Masson, who wrote a History of Blood Transfusion in Scotland, ... BBC News

He can't have a blood transfusion   -  Jun 4, 2009
MUMBAI: Dombivli resident GP Kabilar, who was diagnosed with a heart problem, had a unique dilemma when he was advised surgery. Belonging to a little-known ... Times of India

Enforced blood transfusion scary, teen testifies   -  Sep 8, 2006
A 15-year-old Jehovah's Witness with Crohn's disease says she was overwhelmed and scared when she was given a blood transfusion last spring against her will ... Pay-Per-View - The Record - ProQuest Archiver

Child HIV+ after blood transfusion   -  Jan 16, 2005
NEW DELHI, India, Jan. 16 -- RELESSNESS OF doctors has resulted in a child getting infected with the deadly HIV virus during blood transfusion from a ... Pay-Per-View - Hindustan Times - Factiva, from Dow Jones

June 15, 1667: First Human Blood Transfusion Is Performed   -  Jun 15, 2007
Jean-Baptiste Denys, personal physician to France's Louis XIV, is generally credited with performing the first human blood transfusion, although some ... Wired News

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan   -  Jan 8, 2010
Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority Provincial Programme Manager/Secretary Dr ... He also said that blood transfusion took a very dangerous form and weak ... Daily Times

Nov. 14, 1666: Watching a Transfusion, and Taking Notes   -  Nov 14, 2008
It was Lower who performed the first successful blood transfusion between ... Other factors that eventually brought blood transfusion into the modern era, ... Wired News

Safe blood remains a distant dream   -  Dec 27, 2005
In response to this order, the National Blood Transfusion Council was ... Sanjay Kumar Jadhav, assistant director, State Blood Transfusion Council, ... The Hindu

Risks of Blood Transfusion   -  Dec 27, 2007
The risks of blood transfusions include transfusion reactions (immune-related reactions), nonimmune reactions, and infections. ... WebMD

KARACHI: Centralised system okayed for blood transfusion   -  Dec 28, 2006
By Hasan Mansoor. KARACHI, Dec 27: The provincial government has approved the health department's proposal of establishing centralised blood transfusion ... DAWN.com

Between 5-10 percent HIV infections is due blood transfusion   -  Jun 16, 2009
Ho, June 16, GNA - Dr. Geoffrey RK Nyamuame, Medical Superintendent of the Volta Regional Hospital on Monday said: "In our part of the world, between five ... Ghana News Agency

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan   -  Jan 10, 2010
Punjab Blood Transfusion Services (PBTS) Assistant Director Dr Muhammad Rafi said the administration was taking action against the employees involved, ... Daily Times

… dies in Tuen Mun Hospital after reacting adversely to blood...   -  Jan 7, 2008
A 52-year-old man has died in Tuen Mun Hospital after he fell ill when he reacted adversely to a blood transfusion. The hospital said it had tested samples ... 香港電�

Article: No blood transfusion required - New Straits Times | HighBeam...   -  Jan 30, 2007
No blood transfusion required ... find New Straits Times articles. New Straits Times 01-30-2007 No blood transfusion required Edition: Main/Lifestyle Sectio ... Pay-Per-View - New Straits Times - HighBeam Research

Boy Who Refused Blood Transfusion Dies   -  Dec 14, 2005
Dennis Lindberg attends an after-school function Dec. 14, 2005, as a sixth-grader at Lincoln Elementary School in Mount Vernon, Wash. ... CBS News

… speaks of grief at funeral | efused blood transfusion | The Sun...   -  Dec 20, 2009
Andy Wright gave the go-ahead for a blood transfusion last week and Ethan, three, recovered from a deadly infection. Contractor Andy, 39, from Chelmsford, ... The Sun

Roos readies young blood transfusion   -  Feb 26, 2006
Desperation … Sydney's Heath Grundy, left, is tackled by Joshua Gibson of the Kangaroos during the Swans' NAB Cup defeat at Manuka Oval. By Michael Cowley ... Sydney Morning Herald

Two kids died after blood transfusion   -  Sep 4, 2009
JAIPUR: Two children died in the past four months after blood transfusion in Shyam Nursing Home, Anoopgarh, where a blood sale racket was unearthed recently ... Times of India

Blood transfusion in womb saves baby   -  Apr 24, 2009
AHMEDABAD: Tahira Khan's newborn baby boy underwent numerous blood transfusions, not just after birth but while he was in the womb of his mother as well. ... Times of India

Blunder leads to unnecessary blood transfusion   -  Oct 16, 2007
The United Christian Hospital has admitted to a medical blunder, in which blood samples from two patients were mixed up. An elderly man was given an ... 香港電�

Modern blood transfusion centre planned in Navi Mumbai   -  Jan 28, 2008
Mumbai, January 27 Maharashtra's State Blood Transfusion Council (SBTC) is setting up a transfusion centre in Navi Mumbai, which will offer training for ... Expressindia.com

Transfusion of wrong blood is medical negligence: SC   -  Jun 2, 2009
NEW DELHI: When wrong blood transfusion takes place in a hospital endangering ... "Wrong blood transfusion is an error which no hospital/doctor exercising ... Times of India

Man abandons wife at hospital in protest to blood transfusion   -  May 28, 2009
Juaso (A/R), May, GNA - A man who chose to adhere to his religious beliefs at the expense of the life of his wife, abandoned her at the Juaso District ... Ghana News Agency

Jehovah's Witness mother dies after refusing blood transfusion   -  Nov 18, 2009
A 22-year-old mother died just hours after giving birth to twins because doctors were forbidden from giving her a blood transfusion as a Jehovah's Witness. ... The Guardian

Norcross, Ga.-based blood transfusion products firm sees rise in...   -  Sep 7, 2005
Sep. 7--After a month of bad news, Immucor, a major provider of blood transfusion products and services, got some good news on Tuesday: about a 6 percent ... Free with registration - Atlanta Journal Constitution - AccessMyLibrary.com

Cancer patient gets AIDS at AIIMS   -  May 4, 2006
Justice Vikramjit Sen felt that the issue of blood transfusion concerns the ... "Those papers can prove that the blood transfusion infected the boy with HIV ... Times of India

UK boffins to breed syntho-blood from human embryos   -  Mar 24, 2009
Led by the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, a team of British scientists is planning a three-year research project that seeks to fashion ... Register

IJN takes on `no blood transfusion' op challenge | Article from New...   -  Jan 13, 2007
IJN takes on `no blood transfusion' op challenge ... find New Straits Times articles. Annie Freeda Cruez New Straits Times 01-13-2007 IJN takes on `no blood ... Pay-Per-View - New Straits Times - HighBeam Research

Blood transfusions 'double risk of infection for heart bypass...   -  Jul 31, 2009
..."In Britain we have a lower rate of blood transfusion during heart surgery than in America – where this study took place - and we are fortunate to have a ... Telegraph.co.uk

Woman's death following abortion   -  Jun 12, 2008
But more tests showed she needed a blood transfusion. ... Following a second blood test, Dr Jackson decided a blood transfusion was immediately required but ... BBC News

Nigeria: 'Insufficient Blood Transfusion Raises Maternal Mortality'   -  May 11, 2009
Minister of Health Prof Babatunde Osotimehin has said that inadequate blood transfusion for pregnant women at the point of delivery contributes to the high ... AllAfrica.com

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan   -  Jan 13, 2010
Officials say the proposed service, named National Blood Transfusion Programme (NBTP) and to be executed by National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) in three ... Daily Times

Transfusion-acquired parasite infection up in US   -  Jan 19, 2009
...although transmission via blood transfusion has also been reported. ... symptoms appearing anywhere from 2.5 to 7 weeks following blood transfusion. ... Reuters India

Blood transfusion: Experts stress extensive research for better...   -  Sep 14, 2008
Chandigarh, September 13 A two-day national workshop on blood transfusion, organised by the department of transfusion medicine, started at the PGI on ... Expressindia.com

Blood transfusions found to harm some patients   -  Apr 26, 2008
Blood transfusion became a mainstay of medicine during the two world wars, where it was used as a last resort to save soldiers who had suffered massive ... New Scientist

Nigeria: FG Cautions Hospitals Over Blood Transfusion   -  May 24, 2008
Abuja — The Federal Govern-ment has warned health professionals and hospital administrators against the use of blood that has not been screened and approved ... AllAfrica.com

First UK death after 'CJD transfusion'   -  Nov 10, 2009
A British patient has died from CJD, the human form of BSE, after being given a blood transfusion infected with the disease, the health secretary announced ... The Guardian

SC slams PGI for death due to mismatched blood transfusion   -  May 30, 2009
The Supreme Court directed the PGI on Friday to pay a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the family of a woman who died at the hospital 13 years ago due to ... Indian Express

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan   -  Dec 25, 2009
Speaking at an advocacy meeting on “Safe Blood Transfusion Services in Sindh,� ... Dr Farhana Memon, secretary of the Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority, ... Daily Times



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