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A woman who attends the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God accused a pastor of the denomination of advising her to stop taking the HIV treatment badtail.
The HIV-infected woman, identified only as X., 38, attended a branch of the denomination of Bishop Edir Macedo in São João de Meriti, in the Fluminense Baixada. She discovered the badually transmitted disease (STD) in 2012 during prenatal care of her first pregnancy, and since then she has been treated by the Unified Health System (UAS).
Four months ago, X. interrupted her badtail, and her cousin, Manoelina da Conceição, 52, only discovered that she was not taking the drugs nearly a month later. the supposed counsel of the pastor. "She said that she was invited to pray, then a woman from the church came and asked for her viral load.I delivered without harm.But the shepherd put on his head that she was cured, "reported the cousin.
As she stopped drinking the badtail for a month, the woman became weak and asked for further examination. "The pastor asked me to go to the Del Castilho Cathedral to give my testimony.They came to pick me up by car, but they wanted me to take all the medical exams and records," X said. ., reporting to the newspaper Extra that he even threw the pills.
The idea that X. had been cured came from an examination that the woman did and the result indicated "not detected" the viral load.However, the doctor Roberto Falci Silva Garcia indicates that this information does not mean cure, as it is common for patients who drink the badtail properly to have a similar diagnosis.
"The examination has a detection rate. Below 40 copies of the virus, it gives undetected. But the patient must continue the treatment. If it interrupts, the few undetectable copies can again proliferate, causing the recurrence of the disease, "says Garcia, professor of Infectology and Clinical Medicine at the University of Medicine's Faculty of Medicine. Iguazú (UNIG)
Lúcia Souza, coordinator of the Ministry of AIDS at the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB), said that in five years, five deaths of patients who have given up treatment at Church had been recorded: "When they had an undetectable viral load, Pastor He said that they had been cured.
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The Universal Church claims to have no knowledge of the case of the woman identified as X., and adds that it does not guide the faithful to discontinue medical treatment.
19659002] "By supporting religious precepts and acts of faith in helping the sick, Universal always stresses the importance of strict adherence to prescribed medical treatments." In addition, there are many scientific studies which prove biblical affirmation that faith helps – and a lot – to heal diseases.For example, a work of the Institute Dante Pazzanese, with nearly 250 scientific articles published in several countries, concluding that "the Regular practice of religious activities – whatever they are – can reduce the risk of death by 30%, "says a statement from the church.
Universal also notes that" there is thousands of people, not just Universal, who report success stories to overcome serious illnesses. But always with the combination of faith and medicine. "
The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God is unaware of the fact narrated by the journalist Extra, because even the shepherds of Universal would never have such initiative, to make a medical evaluation of an examination
In addition, within the proposed time of 1:30, it is not even possible to note the allegations of this lady.
But we point out that by supporting religious precepts and acts of faith in helping the sick, Universal always insists on the importance of strict adherence to prescribed medical treatments. In addition, there are many scientific studies that prove the biblical claim that faith helps – and a lot – to heal diseases.
As a work of the Institute Dante Pazzanese , with nearly 250 scientific articles published in several countries, concluding that "the regular practice of religious activities – whatever they may be – can reduce by 30% the risk of death, "according to a report published by the Globo Group C is in this sense that 39 There are thousands of people, not only from Universal, who report success stories in the fight against serious diseases. But always with the combination of faith and medicine.
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