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She Would Rather Die Than Accept Blood

A distressed Newcastle doctor has told an inquest a Jehovah’s Witness woman preferred to die rather than accept a blood transfusion that could have saved her life. May 10, 2023 Heather Winchester died in September 2019 after complications with a hysterectomy operation at Maitland Hospital. She was transferred to Newcastle’s John Hunter Hospital where she bled to death. […]