Home
 
   Health
 Aging
 Asian Health
 Events
 Fitness
 Food & Nutrition
 Happiness
 Men's Health
 Mental Health
 Occupational Health
 Parenting
 Public Health
 Sleep Hygiene
 Women's Health
 
   Healthcare
 Africa
 Australia
 Canada Healthcare
 China Healthcare
 India Healthcare
 New Zealand
 South Africa
 UK
 USA
 World Healthcare
 
   Latest Research
 Aging
 Alternative Medicine
 Anaethesia
 Biochemistry
 Biotechnology
 Cancer
 Cardiology
 Clinical Trials
 Cytology
 Dental
 Dermatology
 Embryology
 Endocrinology
 ENT
 Environment
 Epidemiology
 Gastroenterology
 Genetics
 Gynaecology
 Haematology
 Immunology
 Infectious Diseases
 Medicine
 Metabolism
 Microbiology
 Musculoskeletal
 Nephrology
 Neurosciences
 Obstetrics
 Ophthalmology
 Orthopedics
 Paediatrics
 Pathology
 Pharmacology
 Physiology
 Physiotherapy
 Psychiatry
 Radiology
 Rheumatology
 Sports Medicine
 Surgery
 Toxicology
 Urology
 
 Medical News
 Awards & Prizes
 Epidemics
 Launch
 Opinion
 Professionals
 
   Special Topics
 Ethics
 Euthanasia
 Evolution
 Feature
 Odd Medical News
 Climate

Last Updated: Sep 15, 2017 - 4:49:58 AM
News Report
Medical News Channel

subscribe to Medical News newsletter
Medical News

   EMAIL   |   PRINT

Assam blood bank accused of spreading HIV virus


Jun 14, 2013 - 8:18:54 PM

 

Guwahati, June 14 - A government-run blood bank in Assam was Friday accused of spreading the deadly HIV virus among recipients who got infected after a blood transfusion there. The magnitude of the allegations has led the Assam government to institute a probe.

The allegations came after one person, who was tested HIV positive recently, alleged that he got infected by the HIV virus after he was given blood by a professional blood donor a few months back. He alleged that the authorities at the blood bank of the Mangaldai civil hospital arranged the donor for him.

The person also brought to the fore three others, who also underwent blood transfusion in the hospital and accepted the blood of the same donor through the blood bank, and all of them had been tested HIV positive.

Although these four people braved the stigma and declared their HIV infection status, it is believed there might be more people who got the HIV infection through the blood of the same donor.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Friday ordered Additional Chief Secretary P.P. Verma to carry out a detailed inquiry into the whole incident and asked him to submit the report within one month. Gogoi also said that action would be taken against the guilty if the allegation proved to be true.

I was having some problem and went to a lab for carrying out some pathological tests. However, the blood report indicated me to be a HIV positive. I got a shock of my life as I have not done anything through which I could contract the disease. Then I remembered taking blood from the professional donor through the blood bank of Mangaldai civil hospital, said one of the four victims.

I immediately found out about the other three persons who had recently accepted blood of the donor through the same blood bank and also tested HIV positive. Later, we forced the donor to undergo HIV test and he tested positive. This proved that we all got the infection through his blood and the blood bank had not carried out the necessary tests while giving his blood to us, he said, while holding the blood bank responsible for the infection.

Our lives have been ruined due to the blood bank authorities, he said.

The professional donor admitted giving blood to the four people but said that he was not aware that he is an HIV positive.

I have given blood only four times so far and every time the authorities of the blood bank conducted tests. They have never told me that I am an HIV positive. I would have never given my blood if I had known about the disease, he said.

A team of officials of state health department will also leave for Mangaldai Saturday to carry out an inquiry.


Subscribe to Medical News Newsletter

Enter your email address:


 Feedback
For any corrections of factual information, to contact the editors or to send any medical news or health news press releases, use feedback form

Top of Page

 
Contact us

RxPG Online

Nerve

Online ACLS Certification

 

    Full Text RSS

© All rights reserved by RxPG Medical Solutions Private Limited (India)