NEW DELHI: Four more children with thalassemia tested positive for HIV in Jharkhand's Chaibasa town during an investigation by a medical team from Ranchi on Saturday, bringing the total affected minors to five, following allegations that a local blood bank had transfused HIV-infected blood to a seven-year-old patient.
The state government formed a five-member medical team to investigate after a family reported their seven-year-old thalassemia patient received contaminated blood from the local blood bank.
The child had received approximately 25 units of blood transfusions from the blood bank, according to officials.
District Civil Surgeon Dr Sushanto Majhee noted that the child had tested HIV-positive over a week ago, adding that HIV infection could also result from other factors, including exposure to contaminated needles.
The investigation team, led by Director of Health Services Dr Dinesh Kumar, examined the blood bank at Sadar Hospital and the pediatric intensive care unit, collecting information from children under treatment.
"Initial investigation indicates that contaminated blood was transfused to a thalassemia patient. Some discrepancies were detected in the blood bank during the probe, and the officials concerned have been directed to resolve them," Kumar stated.
The West Singhbhum district currently has 515 HIV-positive cases and 56 thalassemia patients.
The investigative team includes Dr Shipra Das, Dr S S Paswan, Dr Bhagat, District Civil Surgeon Dr Sushanto Majhee, Dr Shivcharan Hansda, and Dr Minu Kumari.
The state government formed a five-member medical team to investigate after a family reported their seven-year-old thalassemia patient received contaminated blood from the local blood bank.
The child had received approximately 25 units of blood transfusions from the blood bank, according to officials.
District Civil Surgeon Dr Sushanto Majhee noted that the child had tested HIV-positive over a week ago, adding that HIV infection could also result from other factors, including exposure to contaminated needles.
The investigation team, led by Director of Health Services Dr Dinesh Kumar, examined the blood bank at Sadar Hospital and the pediatric intensive care unit, collecting information from children under treatment.
"Initial investigation indicates that contaminated blood was transfused to a thalassemia patient. Some discrepancies were detected in the blood bank during the probe, and the officials concerned have been directed to resolve them," Kumar stated.
The West Singhbhum district currently has 515 HIV-positive cases and 56 thalassemia patients.
The investigative team includes Dr Shipra Das, Dr S S Paswan, Dr Bhagat, District Civil Surgeon Dr Sushanto Majhee, Dr Shivcharan Hansda, and Dr Minu Kumari.
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