The incident reportedly occurred following a woman's cesarean section in January 2023. According to the family, she suffered excessive bleeding during delivery and was administered blood from the hospital’s blood bank. The family has alleged that the transfused blood was infected, which later resulted in the entire family contracting HIV.
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The matter came to light when the woman became pregnant for a second time in June 2025. Routine medical tests revealed that she was HIV-positive. Subsequent testing later confirmed that her husband and elder child had also contracted the virus. On January 2, 2026, she gave birth to her second child.
This is not the first incident linked to Chaibasa Sadar Hospital’s blood bank. In October 2025, five children undergoing treatment for thalassemia at the same hospital were reported to have contracted HIV due to infected blood, raising serious concerns about the hospital’s management and safety protocols.
Medical Dialogues had previously reported that in a disturbing incident in Chaibasa, Jharkhand, five children with thalassemia had tested HIV-positive following blood transfusions. Chief Minister Hemant Soren ordered the suspension of the West Singhbhum civil surgeon, the medical officer in charge of the blood bank, and the technicians in connection with the case.
As per the news reports by TNIE, West Singhbhum Civil Surgeon Dr Bharti Gorti Minj, however, said that it would not be appropriate to hold the blood bank responsible solely on the basis of allegations at this time. She stated that the family has been called to the hospital. The health department will conduct a thorough review of the medical records, the date of the blood transfusion, the blood donor's test reports, and the transfusion process. A conclusion will be reached only after the investigation is complete.
Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition Babulal Marandi condemned the incident on social media, calling it part of a larger failure in government hospitals.
In his post on X, he wrote, “In Jharkhand, three members of the same family—a woman, her husband, and their eldest daughter—have tested positive for HIV. According to information, blood was transfused to the woman from the blood bank of Chaibasa Sadar Hospital during her first delivery in January 2023. This is the same blood bank that made headlines last year due to cases of HIV infection among children suffering from thalassemia.”
Marandi accused the state government of failing to manage its hospitals effectively while entering agreements with expensive private hospitals abroad. He demanded a CBI investigation into the functioning of Chaibasa Sadar Hospital and its blood bank, alleging that the recurring incidents point to a larger conspiracy.
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Speaking to TOI, Chaibasa civil surgeon Dr BG Minz said, "The administration is trying to find out how the women got HIV infected. There is no government record related to her prenatal check-ups. The HIV tests of the second child will be carried out in the coming months. No one has lodged a complaint in this regard. I learnt about it through reports in some vernacular newspapers. The couple and the first child are, however, positive, and their medicines have started.”
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