Jharkhand High Court orders FIR in case of children allegedly transfused with HIV-infected blood
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The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to register a first information report in connection with five children suffering from thalassemia who were allegedly transfused with blood infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, The New Indian Express reported.
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A bench of Justice Gautam Kumar Chaudhary passed the order while hearing a petition about the incident which was reported in October at Chaibasa in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, The Indian Express reported.
The cases were detected in October during an investigation by a five-member medical team from Ranchi. The team was sent after the family of a seven-year-old thalassemia patient alleged that the Sadar Hospital blood bank in Chaibasa had supplied HIV-infected blood for a transfusion.
Following the complaint, the Jharkhand Health Department had constituted a medical team to ascertain how the infected blood had been administered. During the inquiry, four more children were found to have tested positive for HIV.
Taking suo moto cognisance of the case, the High Court ordered a probe and sought a detailed report from the state health department, The New Indian Express reported.
During the hearing on Wednesday, the court observed that lapses in blood screening and transfusion protocols could not be treated casually. It directed the state government to provide copies of the registered FIR to the complainants and to the...