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Kerala girl tests HIV+ after blood transfusions

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Kerala girl tests HIV+ after blood transfusions

Kerala girl tests HIV+ after blood transfusions

Kerala : The Regional Cancer Centre (RCC) is now the focus of a fast unfolding police inquiry into the plight of a nine-year-old chemotherapy patient who tested HIV+ last month after she underwent a series of blood transfusions to optimise her haemoglobin levels during treatment.

A police team led by Assistant Commissioner, Cybercity, A. Pramod Kumar visited the institution and collected the child’s case sheet as evidence on record and recorded the statements of hospital caregivers who attended to the girl.

The police registered a case of negligence under Section 336 of the Indian Penal Code.

The section carries a punishment of three months of imprisonment and fine. No RCC official has been named as accused so far. The child at the RCC had been HIV negative according to the blood tests when the patient was admitted for leukaemia treatment on March 1. Chemotherapy was started for the child on March 3 and till date 49 transfusions of blood products were recorded by the RCC. It was on August 25 that the patient tested positive for HIV, during one of the blood tests.The child’s parents had produced 15 donors to give blood to their ward during her treatment.

The police have to trace those donors and test them for HIV. They have also recommended the constitution of a medico-legal board to aid them in the complicated probe. The RCC has already initiated an internal inquiry into the incident, while a government-appointed expert committee has begun its investigation.

Kerala State AIDS Control Society, as the organisation responsible for ensuring blood safety in the State, has begun an inquiry on its own.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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