BATHINDA: Seventeen months after transfusion of HIV-positive blood to a patient, the police on Wednesday registered a case against two medical laboratory technologists (MLT) posted at the Bathinda civil hospital.
The case was registered against MLTs Gurpreet Singh and Gurbhej Singh under sections 269 (whoever unlawfully or negligently does any act which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe to be, likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life) and 270 (whoever malignantly does any act which is, and which he knows or has reason to believe to be, likely to spread the infection of any disease dangerous to life) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) registered at the Kotwali police station.
