The shocking revelation of multiple children testing HIV-positive after blood transfusions in government hospitals in Jharkhand comes as a searing indictment of a negligent and indifferent system, which has turned life-saving care into a life-threatening sentence. Preliminary inquiries have found serious irregularities at the blood bank that had been running without a licence since 2023, including compromised testing protocols, improper donor screening, and negligent oversight. Of the 44 blood samples tested from 259 donors linked to thalassemia transfusions, four have tested positive. The fact that children, the most vulnerable among patients, were exposed to such a grave risk signals a collapse in the entire chain — from donor recruitment to blood screening to hospital transfusion polici

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