8-month-old Girl Infected by HIV After Receiving Blood in Maharashtra Hospital; Probe Ordered
3 years, 3 months ago

8-month-old Girl Infected by HIV After Receiving Blood in Maharashtra Hospital; Probe Ordered

News 18  

The Maharashtra government on Thursday ordered probe after an eight-month-old girl was found to have received blood contaminated with HIV in Akola district. Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope said he had asked local health officials to submit a report within three days. As per the girl's family, she was given blood sourced from a blood bank in Akola on a local doctor's instructions as her white blood cell count was very low. "Every blood bank has to carry out several tests including HIV for donated blood.

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Clean chit for blood bank: Recipient had reported HIV+
2 years ago

Clean chit for blood bank: Recipient had reported HIV+

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Police said they found no evidence of negligence at the the Indian Red Cross Society’s Vidyanagar branch, after three-year-old boy suffering from thalassemia had contracted HIV after receiving blood from there. The boy, of Keesara on the city outskirts, has been undergoing blood transfusions at the same location since he was seven months old. We just hope we get …

NHRC Notice to Maharashtra Over 4 Children Testing HIV+ Following Blood Transfusion
2 years, 6 months ago

NHRC Notice to Maharashtra Over 4 Children Testing HIV+ Following Blood Transfusion

News 18  

The NHRC has issued a notice to the Maharashtra government over reports of four children testing HIV-positive following a blood transfusion in Nagpur and one of them dying, officials said on Friday. A notice has also been issued to the food and drug department secretary of the state government to submit a report within six weeks regarding a preliminary investigation …

4 kids ‘test HIV positive’ after blood transfusion, NHRC notice to Maha govt
2 years, 6 months ago

4 kids ‘test HIV positive’ after blood transfusion, NHRC notice to Maha govt

Hindustan Times  

The National Human Rights Commission on Friday said it had taken suo motu cognizance of media reports about four children in Maharashtra's Nagpur testing positive for HIV with of them even dying following blood transfusion for treatment of Thalassemia. The rights panel said it had sought a report from the government of Maharashtra within six weeks. “Accordingly, it has issued …

Nagpur: 1 child dies, 4 contract HIV following blood transfusion procedure
2 years, 6 months ago

Nagpur: 1 child dies, 4 contract HIV following blood transfusion procedure

India TV News  

Highlights The four now HIV-positive children were provided blood for the treatment of Thalassemia The state health department has set up a high-level inquiry into the matter FDA has also started preliminary investigation in this case In a tragic incident, one child died, while four other children contracted the Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection after a blood transfusion procedure in Nagpur …

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