Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday ordered the suspension of West Singhbum district Civil Surgeon and other officials concerned after five children suffering from thalassemia tested HIV-positive following blood transfusions.

A day after the family of a seven-year-old thalassemia patient alleged that the local blood bank in Chaibasa, the district headquarters town of West Singhbhum, had transfused HIV-infected blood, four more children were found to be HIV positive during an investigation by a five-member medical team from Ranchi on Sunday.

"Instructions have been given to suspend the civil surgeon of West Singhbhum, along with other concerned officials, following reports of HIV-infected blood transfusion to children suffering from thalassemia in Chaibasa. The state governmen

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