Chaibasa: Five children suffering from thalassaemia have tested HIV-positive in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa town, leading to allegations of medical negligence at a government hospital.

Families of the affected children claim that contaminated blood supplied by the local blood bank at Sadar Hospital may have caused the infection.

Probe Ordered, Discrepancies Found in Blood Bank

Following the allegations, the Jharkhand government has set up a five-member medical team from Ranchi to investigate the case. The team, led by Director of Health Services Dr Dinesh Kumar, inspected the Sadar Hospital blood bank and the paediatric intensive care unit ward, collecting treatment details from the affected children.

“Initial investigation indicates that contaminated blood was transfused to a thalassaemia p

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