Minister Motsoaledi welcomes Jehovah’s Witnesses’ new position on blood transfusion [SOUND]

# Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi has welcomed Jehovah’s Witnesses’ decision to change their policy on blood transfusions. The organisation, which has more than nine million members worldwide across congregations in more than 200 countries and territories, previously refused four main components of another person’s blood, citing a biblical passage. Now members can decide whether to accept or donate certain blood components. The department’s spokesperson, Foster Mohale, says the prohibition of blood transfusion on religious grounds has been a major problem in the healthcare system: