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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shweta Sharma

Alarm in India after children contract HIV from contaminated blood

Five children suffering from thalassemia and three donors have tested positive for HIV following blood transfusions at a government blood bank, in a shocking case of medical negligence.

Authorities in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand have ordered a sweeping audit of blood banks in the wake of what they described as an “extremely serious public health failure”.

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