New Zealand Baby Needs Lifesaving Surgery But Parents Refuse Vaccinated Blood
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The parents refused to allow their child to receive donated blood from a person who had received the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Public Health Agency of New Zealand ("Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand") has applied to a court for custody of a baby who requires heart surgery because the boy's parents refuse to use blood from vaccinated people in the operation, according to the The Guardian.
According to the outlet, the parents of the baby discussed their son's health situation and their medical preferences in an interview with an anti-vaccination campaigner. In the interview, the parents say their baby has severe pulmonary valve stenosis and that he needs surgery "almost immediately", but that they are "extremely concerned with the blood [the doctors] are going to use".
"We don't want blood that is tainted by vaccination," the father said. "That's the end of the deal-we are fine with anything else these doctors want to do."
According to the NZ Herald, Te Whatu Ora is seeking the guardianship of the 4-month-old be shifted from his parents to the courts so consent to use donated blood in the required open-heart surgery can be given.
