Woman Dies From The Shock Of Learning That She Was HIV Positive, Turns Out The Report Was Wrong

In a shocking case of medical negligence, a woman has died of shock after she was wrongly diagnosed as being HIV positive.

The incident happened in Shimla. According to the family of the 22-year-old deceased woman, she had gone to a private clinic in Rohru for a checkup due to an ailment. Her tests were conducted at the private clinic and the reports of the test were submitted to her without informing her about its contents.

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She later went to the government-run Kamla Nehru Hospital (KNH) in Shimla for treatment where her husband was told about the report prepared by the private clinic. She was then asked to undergo fresh tests.

When the woman came to know that she has been diagnosed with 'HIV positive' by the private clinic, she went into a coma.

The woman died at Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMC) in Shimla on Tuesday due to severe mental and emotional shock after she came to know about the "HIV positive" report.

What is even more tragic is that after her first test showed HIV positive, a fresh test was conducted at the ICTC centre of National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) where it was found that the first test result was wrong.

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But by then it was too late and the woman had slipped into a coma, from which she never recovered.?

After Rohru MLA Mohan Lal Brakta raised the issue in the state assembly seeking action against the hospital,? Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur has ordered a probe and asked the director of the health services would be asked to look into the incident and submit a report within a fortnight.?