GSVM Med College denies allegations of contaminated blood transfusions
Hindustan TimesKANPUR A day after it was reported that 14 thalassemia patients had contracted Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV due to the transfusion of contaminated blood, the GSVM Medical College on Wednesday issued a clarification refuting any such blood transfusions. Earlier, Dr Arun Arya, the head of the paediatrics department at the medical college, had brought the cases of alleged contaminated blood transfusions to light. Dr Sanjay Kala, the principal of GSVM Medical College, refuted any allegations of medical negligence, stating that the nine cases of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV were traced over the past nine years. Dr Arya had earlier, on record, disclosed that the recent screening of patients at the Thalassemia centre had identified 14 patients who had allegedly contracted Hepatitis and HIV due to blood transfusions at private hospitals and government hospitals in districts other than Kanpur.
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