In cases involving a Jehovah’s Witness, a member of the local Hospital Liaison
Committee of the Watchtower Society may be helpful as an intermediary and
advisor. The coordinating office for such committees, known as Hospital Information
Services, is located at the international headquarters of Jehovah’s Witnesses in
Brooklyn, New York. Hospital Information Services has established a 24-hour hotline
to provide physicians with the contact information for local committee members,
arrange for peer-to-peer consultations with physicians experienced in blood
conservation, provide information from the medical literature and, in rare situations,
facilitate transfer to another facility