"Jharkhand's Chaibasa: Four Thalassemia Kids Test HIV-Positive; Investigation Launched"

In Chaibasa, Jharkhand, four thalassemia children tested HIV-positive, raising serious concerns about contaminated blood transfusions from the local blood bank and prompting an investigation.

• Four children in Chaibasa, Jharkhand, were diagnosed with HIV during an investigation, bringing the total affected minors to five after initial allegations of contaminated blood transfusion.
• The Jharkhand government has assembled a five-member medical team from Ranchi to investigate the circumstances surrounding the blood transfusion that allegedly transmitted HIV to these thalassemia patients.
• The alarming situation emerged when the family of a seven-year-old thalassemia patient accused the local blood bank in Chaibasa of administering HIV-infected blood during treatment.