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Tragic HIV Cases From Contaminated Blood in Madhya Pradesh Hospital
Four thalassemia children tested HIV positive after multiple transfusions, with families negative, raising concerns about blood safety and prompting political criticism.
- On Dec 16, four children with thalassemia tested HIV positive at Satna District Hospital, allegedly after blood transfusions from the hospital's blood bank, officials said.
- Thalassemia patients require blood transfusions two to three times a month, increasing exposure risk, while officials investigating transmission routes suspect infections spread via contaminated needles or transfusions in a four-month timeframe.
- Records show some children received as many as 80 or 100 transfusions, heightening exposure; screening experts say ELISA test detects antibodies after 45 days while nucleic acid amplification test reduces the window to 10-15 days.
- The Madhya Pradesh government directed the panel under the Principal Secretary to submit a report within seven days and said 'It is also being investigated whether the blood transfusion took place in other hospitals also or only in the government hospital,' Shukla told reporters.
- The episode follows a Chaibasa case and other recent health scandals, with Opposition Congress demanding Rajendra Shukla's resignation and comparing it to the toxic cough syrup case in Chhindwara.
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The affected children — aged between 10 and 15 years — require regular blood transfusions due to thalassaemia. Recent blood tests revealed that they have become HIV positive, though they were HIV negative until a couple of months ago.
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