Medical Shocker! Pregnant Woman Infected With HIV Virus From Blood Transfusion In Govt Hospital

Medical negligence is reported from government across the country at regular intervals. Despite having one of world's most respected health services, there are several cases of negligence in smaller cities. In yet another case of utter medical negligence, this time fro Tamil Nadu, a 23-year-old pregnant woman was infected with HIV virus. According to reports, the incident took place at the Sattur Government Hospital in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar district in early December.

According to the set practice, blood donors are supposed to go through rigorous lab tests for any kinds of infection before they can donate blood.?

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The person, who donated the blood, was unaware of his medical condition had donated blood at the Sivakasi Government Hospital last month for a relative.

According to Dr R Manoharan, the joint director of health services, Virudhunagar the blood was stored at the hospital's blood bank as the patient's requirements were already met.?

The incident came to light after the person who donated had to undergo a mandatory blood test when he was applying for a job abroad.

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The donator then alerted the hospital, but it had already been transfused to another person in another hospital through the blood bank.

The hospital further conducted tests on him, which also turned out to be positive. The information was then passed to the Sattur Government Hospital and the identity of the receiver was collected. The woman, who is eight months pregnant and had to undergo transfusion because she was anaemic was brought back to the hospital for tests which confirmed that she was infected with the virus.?

According to the doctors at the Sattur hospital, they are giving the best possible care for the woman who is pregnant with her second child.

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Following the incident, services of the two lab technicians whose oversight caused the infection has been terminated.

What is even more shocking is that the donator was tested positive for HIV in 2016 during a blood donation camp in Sivakasi. But instead of informing him about his condition, the counselor there told him that he had a rare blood group.