NEW DELHI: Five children with Thalassemia tested positive for HIV in Chaibasa, Jharkhand. The blood transfusion from a blood bank in the district is blamed for the disease in the children. Following a complaint that a seven-year-old boy was given HIV-infected blood from a local blood bank, a medical team from Ranchi on Saturday confirmed that four more children with thalassemia were infected with HIV. With this, the total number of children infected with the disease has reached five.

A single child had about 25 units of blood from the blood bank, officials said. District Civil Surgeon Dr Susanto Majhi said a seven-year-old tested positive for HIV a week ago. However, he added that HIV infection can also occur due to other reasons, including contaminated needles. The investigation team, le

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