Jodhpur: A report submitted to the government
today on HIV infection of five Thelisemic children allegedly
during blood transfusion at a hospital here has virtually
given a clean chit to the facility, saying the infection might
have happened from elsewhere.
The SN Medical College here has sent a detailed report to
the government on the incident, which had come to light when
the blood of a child was tested in the microbiology lab of the
medical college.
The children had allegedly contacted the disease during
blood transfusion at Umaid Hospital. This was disclosed during
a Thelisemic camp last year.
Taking cognizance of the issue, the Rajasthan State AIDS
Control Society had sought a detailed report from the
hospital. The medical college was asked to look into the issue
as the Umaid hospital comes under its jurisdiction.
D B Gupta, the acting principal of the medical college,
who sent the report to government, said "we have mentioned in
the report that we follow the standardized and NACO-certified
parameters in our hospitals and the chances of getting the
children infected with the HIV in the process are the least."
"There is a greater chance that they might have contacted
the deadly virus elsewhere as a Thelisemic patient many a time
gets treatment outside hospital or there are a number of other
reasons of infection in the children."
D R Dabi, the Superintendent of the Umaid Hospital, said
the blood transfusion took place about a year back and that
there was little chance of contacting the disease from the
hospital as the process of blood test is NACO-certified.
However, he has not denied possibility of infection saying
the hospital lacked advanced PCR technique for tests.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, February 09, 2010, 23:19