Warangal: Controversy over - blood transfusion/HIV- minor girl's death

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Controversy over minor girl's death

5 Sep 2008, WARANGAL: The death of a seven-year-old girl due to AIDS virus on

Vinayaka Chavithi day has been clouded in mystery with her parents alleging that

their daughter contacted HIV after she underwent blood transfusion at a hospital

here.

The distraught parents Kadari Butchaiah and Komala, who initially refused to

take her body from the MGM government hospital, said she underwent blood

transfusion at a children's hospital in the city. The girl was injected four

blood units at a hospital here on Aug 4.

However, with her condition deteriorating, the doctors carried out tests on the

girl and found out that she was HIV-positive on Aug 16. The blood was brought

from two private blood banks in the city.

" The girl was admitted to the paediatric ward of the MGM hospital on Aug 22 and

we have been treating her since then with anti-retroviral treatment, " Dr Ravi

Kumar, the head of the paediatric ward, said.

The doctors had also carried out tests on the parents of the girl and found them

to be HIV-negative. M N Kishore, joint director of the AP State Aids Control

Society, who inquired into the episode, contended that the girl might have

contacted HIV during her earlier treatment. " The parents were not forthcoming

about the details of the earlier treatment as we were unable to establish the

fact as to from where she contacted the virus, " he added.

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