The matter came to light on Friday after the child's family accused the blood bank of transfusing HIV-infected blood to the seven-year-old thalassemia patient. Representational Image

In a shocking incident, a 7-year-old child tested positive for HIV in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district after reportedly receiving a blood transfusion at a local blood in Chaibasa. The matter came to light on Friday after the child’s family accused the blood bank of transfusing HIV-infected blood to the seven-year-old thalassemia patient.

How did the child contract HIV?

Following the incident, the Jharkhand government constituted a five-member team to investigate the allegations, officials said, adding the probe team from Ranchi visited the blood bank and the hospital where the transfusion was done in Ch

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