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 justice and our son gets back his health,” the boy’s father told Deccan Chronicle, adding that the last blood transfusion took place on Friday. Claiming that the child could not have gotten infected at their institute, he said that even after the incident, the child is undergoing transfusion at their institute and they are providing necessary support.

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Thalassemia patient contracts HIV, case against blood bank
2 years, 4 months ago

Thalassemia patient contracts HIV, case against blood bank

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A three-year-old with thalassemia tested positive for HIV in a case of alleged negligence by a blood bank. The parents of the patient filed a complaint with the police on Monday stating that their son had contracted HIV after receiving a blood transfusion from the Red Cross Blood Bank. The boy, a resident of Keesara, has been receiving blood …

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 …

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 …

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