Five children suffering from thalassemia and undergoing blood transfusions in Jharkhand’s Chaibasa have tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus , PTI reported on Saturday.

The infections were detected during an investigation by a five-member medical team from Ranchi, which was sent after the family of a seven-year-old thalassemia patient alleged that the Sadar Hospital blood bank in Chaibasa had supplied HIV-infected blood for a transfusion.

Following the complaint, the Jharkhand Health Department constituted a medical team to determine how the infected blood was administered. During their inquiry, they discovered that four more children had tested positive for HIV.

District Civil Surgeon Sushanto Majhee confirmed that the seven-year-old patient had tested HIV-positive

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