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Following the tragic death of a patient, four women have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a gynaecologist in Kerala, prompting calls for improved resources and security in healthcare facilities. Photograph: ANI PhotoKey PointsFour women were arrested for allegedly attacking a gynaecologist at a Kerala government hospital.The attack is linked to the death of a woman who had recently visited the hospital for delivery.The KGMOA condemned the attack, stating the doctor followed protocol and t ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The Haryana State Blood Transfusion Council (HSBTC) on Wednesday gave significant approvals to expand and modernise blood transfusion services across the state. During the meeting chaired by ACS health and family welfare Sumita Misra, the council approved a comprehensive Annual Action Plan for 2026-27 with a total proposed outlay of Rs 11.60 crore under the National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC) component.It earmarked budget for procurement of blood bags and testing kits, ensuring ...Read More >
Pune: Biomedical waste, considered among the most hazardous categories of hospital waste, has been found dumped in the open inside the Aundh District Hospital (ADH) campus, raising serious concerns over public health and safety. Used injections, syringes, medicine vials, saline bottles and face masks were spotted lying unattended on open ground behind the 108 ambulance service office near the Chest (Tuberculosis) Hospital on Tuesday. The waste was reportedly noticed by citizens and attendants o ...Read More >
Bhopal (madhya Pradesh): Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla said that the government has constituted a high-level committee to investigate the alleged HIV blood transfusion to four thalassemia kids in Satna district. It is also being investigated whether the blood transfusion took place in other hospitals also or only in the government hospital, said the minister while addressing media persons on Tuesday on completion of two years of BJP-led state government. Four children suffering from th ...Read More >
Four children, suffering from thalassemia, have tested HIV positive after receiving blood transfusions at the District Hospital blood bank in Madhya Pradesh's Satna. The incident reportedly took place around four months ago but came to light recently, triggering panic among families and raising serious questions over blood safety protocols. Children suffering from thalassemia require regular and life-long blood transfusions to survive. The affected children received blood transfusions on multip ...Read More >
Satna, (MP) Dec 16 (PTI) A routine necessity turned into a nightmare for six families in Madhya Pradesh's Satna after their children, already battling severe blood disorder thalassemia, tested positive for HIV, which officials suspect was transmitted via contaminated blood transfusions at different hospitals. All these cases were reported between January and May this year, and all the affected children - aged between 12 and 15 - are being treated under HIV protocols, an official said. Madhya P ...Read More >
SATNA/BHOPAL: Four children suffering from thalassemia have tested HIV positive at Satna District Hospital in Madhya Pradesh allegedly due to contaminated blood transfusions, officials said on Tuesday. The case is four months old and an investigation is underway into it, an official said. Officials suspect the use of contaminated needles or blood transfusions for the spread of infection to the children. MP Health Minister Rajendra Shukla told reporters in Bhopal that he has ordered a probe in ...Read More >
Satna/Bhopal, Dec 16 (PTI) Four children suffering from thalassemia have tested HIV positive at Satna District Hospital in Madhya Pradesh allegedly due to contaminated blood transfusions, officials said on Tuesday. The case is four months old and an investigation is underway into it, an official said. Officials suspect the use of contaminated needles or blood transfusions for the spread of infection to the children. MP Health Minister Rajendra Shukla told reporters in Bhopal that he has order ...Read More >
Satna/Bhopal (PTI): Four children suffering from thalassemia have tested HIV positive at Satna District Hospital in Madhya Pradesh allegedly due to contaminated blood transfusions, officials said on Tuesday. The case is four months old and an investigation is underway into it, an official said. Officials suspect the use of contaminated needles or blood transfusions for the spread of infection to the children. ALSO READ: 3 Indian students among those injured in Australia's Bondi Beach attack ...Read More >
Satna, Madhya Pradesh: In a disturbing case of medical negligence, four children suffering from thalassaemia were allegedly transfused with HIV-positive blood at a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Satna district. A routine, life-saving procedure turned into a nightmare for four families after the children, aged between eight and 11, battling thalassaemia, were found to be HIV-positive after receiving blood transfusions. The serious lapse has compounded the woes of the children who depend ...Read More >
Chaibasa (Jharkhand), Oct 30 (PTI) Three donors of Chaibasa blood bank in West Singhbhum district were detected to be HIV-positive, Jharkhand Health minister Irfan Ansari said on Thursday. Altogether 259 people had donated blood in Chaibas blood bank between 2023 and 2025, and the administration is trying to contact each donor over the phone, the minister said, after inspecting the blood bank following the detection of five minor thalassemia patients with HIV-positive last week. Family members ...Read More >
Chaibasa: (Jharkhand): Preliminary Inquiry into the HIV infection of five thalassemia-affected children, who underwent blood transfusions in Jharkhand's Chaibasa Sadar hospital in West Singhbhum district, has revealed glaring lapses at the blood bank run by the government hospital. Initial reports suggest that the hospital's blood bank had been operating without a valid license since 2008, or for 17 years. The revelation has shaken the health department and state health administration. Accordin ...Read More >
Jharkhand government has formed a medical team to find out how the child received contaminated blood. Four more children suffering from thalassemia were detected HIV-positive in Jharkhand's Chaibasa town on Saturday during an investigation by a five-member medical team from Ranchi, taking the total number of affected minors to five. The development comes a day after the family of a seven-year-old thalassemia patient alleged that the local blood bank in Chaibasa had transfused HIV-infected bloo ...Read More >
Ranchi, Oct 27 (PTI) The opposition in Jharkhand on Monday demanded stringent action against Health Minister Irfan Ansari and senior functionaries of his department after five children suffering from thalassemia tested HIV-positive in Chaibasa following blood transfusions. The demand came a day after the state government on Sunday suspended the West Singhbhum civil surgeon and other officials in connection with the matter. "In the last five years, the Health Department has been filled with the ...Read More >
Chaibasa: Days after a few children suffering from Thalassemia were tested HIV-positive due to blood transfusion at Chaibasa Sadar Hospital in West Singhbhum district, the Jharkhand Government formed a six-member high-level investigation committee to probe the case. After the incident, Bharti Goreti Minj has been given addistional charge of civil surgeon of the district in place of Additional Chief Medical Officer Sushanto Kumar Majhi who was suspended by the Health department. Special Secreta ...Read More >
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], October 27 (ANI): Ajoy Kumar Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Health, Jharkhand on Sunday highlighted that HIV tests can miss recent infections (window period: up to one month) and new tests can shorten this window to one week. Speaking with ANI, Singh said the government plans to procure machines to shorten HIV detection windows and health officials are reviewing and tightening blood transfusion protocols. Also Read | Delhi Shocker: UPSC Aspirant Mu ...Read More >
Jamshedpur: Six children suffering from thalassemia have contracted HIV after they were allegedly administered infected blood during transfusions at a hospital in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district, prompting the state government to order a high-level investigation and suspend the civil surgeon and other officials concerned, officials aware of the matter said on Sunday. The Jharkhand high court has taken suo motu cognisance of the incident and sought a detailed report from the health secretary. ...Read More >
Jharkhand health minister Irfan Ansari said the issue came to light two days ago and termed it an "extremely serious" matter, reported news agency ANI. "The matter of possible HIV infection through blood transfusion in children suffering from thalassemia is extremely serious. Two days ago, this issue came to my attention, after which I immediately ordered a high-level investigation," the minister said in a statement on social media platform X today adding that a "preliminary confirmation of HIV ...Read More >
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], October 27 (ANI): Ajoy Kumar Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Health, Jharkhand on Sunday highlighted that HIV tests can miss recent infections (window period: up to one month) and new tests can shorten this window to one week. Speaking with ANI, Singh said the government plans to procure machines to shorten HIV detection windows and health officials are reviewing and tightening blood transfusion protocols. The Jharkhand Health Department on Sunday c ...Read More >
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday ordered suspension of West Singhbhum district Civil Surgeon Sushanto Kumar Manjhi and other concerned officials after some children, suffering from thalassemia contracted HIV after being administered infected blood during transfusions at Chaibasa Sadar Hospital here. Also, a financial assistance worth Rs two lakh has been announced for the families of the affected children and their complete treatment will be undertaken by the state govern ...Read More >
Ranchi, Oct 26 (PTI) Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday ordered the suspension of the West Singhbhum Civil Surgeon and other officials concerned after five children suffering from thalassemia tested HIV-positive following blood transfusions. The action came after the family of a seven-year-old thalassemia patient alleged that the local blood bank in Chaibasa, the district headquarters of West Singhbhum, had transfused HIV-contaminated blood to their child. During an inquiry by a f ...Read More >
Jharkhand: At least five children with thalassemia in Chaibasa tested HIV-positive on Saturday, following an investigation by a five-member medical team from Ranchi. The probe was launched after a family alleged that a local blood bank had transfused HIV-infected blood to their seven-year-old child. Officials said the child had received around 25 blood transfusions from the blood bank. District Civil Surgeon Dr. Sushanto Majhee stated the child had tested HIV-positive over a week ago and noted ...Read More >
Chaibasa, October 26: At least five thalassemia-affected children in West Singhbhum district have reportedly tested HIV positive following routine blood transfusions at Sadar Hospital, prompting a high-level investigation by the Jharkhand Health Department. The first case came to light when a child who received a transfusion on September 13 tested HIV positive during a follow-up on October 18. The child's father subsequently filed a complaint alleging negligence by a blood bank technician. Foll ...Read More >
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 cas ...Read More >
The trio allegedly stole 1,150 packets of FFP plasma between September 18 and 27, Solanki said, adding that they planned to sell it pharma companies, but were arrested before that. Six persons have been arrested in connection with the theft of frozen plasma from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhopal, police said on Wednesday. As many as 1,123 units of Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) worth Rs 12 lakh were recovered from their possession, an official said. AIIMS security officer ...Read More >
Bhopal: Police busted a gang involved in the theft of Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) from the blood bank of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, by arresting its six members, a senior police officer said on Thursday. According to the police, six accused in the theft case were arrested and 1,123 units of FFP, stolen from the AIIMS, Bhopal, were recovered from them. The FFP is used in manufacturing of biomedical medicines. Police investigation suggested that the gang has so far s ...Read More >
Mumbai: Two newborns, born just a few blocks apart, one at KEM Hospital and another at Wadia Hospital, were left waiting for two days this week for O negative blood donors. Both infants needed urgent transfusions. Messages calling for donors circulated widely, and the babies were eventually saved.Dharmendra Yadav, the father of the infant admitted to Wadia Hospital, said, "My son was born with multiple complications. He underwent surgery soon after birth and needed blood. We were struggling, but ...Read More >
Bilaspur (HP), Oct 3 (PTI) Union health Minister JP Nadda on Friday said that AIIMS Bilaspur has achieved remarkable milestones in a very short time and a regional-level viral research laboratory has also been established here. Speaking at the medical institute's third foundation day celebrations here, he said currently, 23 AIIMS operate in the country of which 13 were established during his tenure, according to an statement. Nadda said that the construction of AIIMS Bilaspur was completed in ...Read More >
India is home to over 537 million livestock and 125+ million companion animals, making it one of the largest and most diverse animal populations in the world. In a landmark step for veterinary healthcare, the Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD) under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying has released the country's first-ever "Guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Blood Transfusion and Blood Banks for Animals in India." The release fills a long-st ...Read More >
New Delhi, August 25: In a major step forward for veterinary healthcare, the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying on Monday released India's first comprehensive national guidelines and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for blood transfusion and blood banks for animals. Blood transfusion is widely recognised as a life-saving intervention for managing trauma, severe anaemia, surgical blood loss, infectious diseases, an ...Read More >
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