After a media report which quoted a government doctor at a State-run Kanpur hospital as saying that 14 children, who underwent blood transfusion tested positive for serious diseases like HIV, AIDS, and Hepatitis, the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial (GSVM) Medical College on Wednesday categorically rejected the allegations.
“Not a single patient has been infected in the last four years through blood transfusions at the medical college or its affiliated hospitals. I would categorically put it on record that in 2014, two cases of Hepatitis B and two cases of Hepatitis C were detected. In 2016, two more cases of Hepatitis C emerged, and one case of Hepatitis B was identified in 2019. These blood transfusions occurred elsewhere and not at the medical college,” said Dr. Sanjay Kala, the principal of GSVM Medical College, at a hurriedly conveyed press conference.
Mr. Kala added he recommended disciplinary action against Dr. Arun Arya, the head of the paediatrics department at the medical college, for making such an irresponsible statement. The State’s Health Department also sought a clarification from the medical college over the issue.
