10-year-old tested HIV+ after receiving blood from RCC: KACS, Trivandrum
Thiruvananthapuram: Days after the death of a 10-year-old blood cancer patient, the Kerala Aids Control Society (KACS) today said the girl had tested HIV positive after transfusion of blood at the Regional Cancer Centre here.
It had been found that blood from a donor, who was in the 'window period' (due to high-risk activities) at the time of donation, had been given to the patient in March last year, KACS Project Director Dr R Ramesh said.
The donor later tested HIV positive, he said.
The girl passed away at the Alappuzha Medical College hospital on April 11 following complications of blood cancer.
Her family had alleged that she tested HIV positive after the transfusion and there were "lapses" in the treatment at RCC in March last year.
Denying the charge of lapses, Ramesh told PTI that the child had been given about 48 units of "properly screened and tested" blood at the RCC.
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