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BHOPAL: Two months aft TOI broke the communicative of however six children battling thalassaemia contracted HIV aft receiving humor transfusions astatine govt hospitals successful Jharkhand’s Chaibasa and Koderma, a akin incidental has travel to airy successful Madhya Pradesh.
In the latest case, six thalassaemia-affected children, aged betwixt 3 and 15 years, tested HIV-positive astatine a govt infirmary successful Satna district, with officials suspecting that contaminated humor transfusion was the root of corruption successful each the cases, barring one. A authorities govt-ordered probe has begun.Sources said astir 50% of donors person been identified and screened but the root of corruption is yet to beryllium pinpointed.
Officials estimation that astir 350 donors whitethorn beryllium linked to transfusions fixed to the 5 children suspected to person contracted HIV done humor pumped into their veins. The probe is besides examining whether different recipients of humor during the aforesaid play whitethorn person been exposed.Deputy CM Rajendra Shukla, who besides handles the wellness portfolio, said a committee headed by the main caput (health) had been constituted to find the series of events.
“The parents of 1 of the children are besides infected with the virus. Records of each donors are being traced. All aspects, including whether the children received humor transfusions doubly a month, and, if so, where, are being looked into truthful we tin zero successful connected the root donors who led to the infection,” Shukla said successful Bhopal connected Tuesday.Speaking to TOI, territory collector Satish Kumar S said, “A probe is connected astatine the territory level and govt has besides commissioned a probe astatine the authorities level.”“These kids person received humor from astatine slightest 3 humor banks, and transfusion took spot hundreds of times arsenic they regularly needed blood. The root donor is being traced, and we volition besides simultaneously analyse whether each protocol was followed astatine the humor banks,” the collector added.Sources said the humor slope astatine Satna territory infirmary catered to astatine slightest 57 thalassaemia patients, raising fears that the scope of vulnerability could beryllium wider.Chief aesculapian and wellness serviceman in-charge and Satna civilian surgeon Dr Manoj Shukla told TOI, “Children suffering from thalassaemia are considered high-risk patients erstwhile it comes to HIV infection, and are checked regularly. It was during these tests that the children were recovered HIV-positive. We’re successful the process of determining determination details of the donors. Some children tested arsenic aboriginal arsenic March this year. All the affected children are undergoing treatment.
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