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Rights Body Takes Note As 5 Children Get HIV-Infected Blood In Madhya Pradesh
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of the shocking case in which five children tested HIV positive after allegedly being administered infected blood during transfusions at government health facilities in Madhya Pradesh.
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UK's Infected Blood Scandal That Killed 3,000 Was Covered Up: Report
A decades-long UK scandal in which thousands of people died after being treated with infected blood was covered up and largely could have been avoided, found a bombshell report published on Monday.
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Parents Accuse Tamil Nadu Hospital Of Giving HIV-Infected Blood To Child
HIV-infected blood allegedly transferred to baby in Tamil Nadu: The parents have accused Coimbatore Government Medical College Hospital of negligence. The hospital has said that it is ready to face any inquiry.
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Panel Seeks Report On HIV-Infected Blood Transfusion To Tamil Nadu Women
The National Commission for Women on Monday sought a report from Tamil Nadu authorities over the case of two women allegedly contracting HIV from blood transfusion.
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Colorado health officials say dentist put thousands at HIV risk from reused syringes
A suspended Colorado dentist reused syringes and needles in his now-shuttered practice, potentially exposing thousands of patients to HIV and hepatitis infection, health officials warned on Friday.
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Fresh FIR in Gujarat HIV-infected children case
The CBI on Tuesday registered a fresh FIR in a case of 23 Thalassemia-affected children allegedly contracting HIV infection during blood transfusion at Junagad civil hospital last year, a senior officer said. "We have registered an FIR in the case today at Gandhinagar and after modifying original complaint we have added a charge under section 304 (...
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Infected blood: NHRC issues notice to Rajasthan govt
The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Rajasthan Government after reports that infected blood was given the children suffering from Thaelesemia. Three Thaelesemic children ended with HIV and 17 got Hepatitis-C after the transfusion at Ummed Hospital at Jodhpur. Relatives of the patients alleged that the state government has...
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Disease outbreaks at Afghan border
Refugees on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan are becoming victims of a highly contagious disease that causes patients to bleed to death. The outbreak of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is centred around the Pakistani city of Quetta. At least 75 people have become infected so far and eight have died. CCHF is a viral fever caused ...
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Rights Body Takes Note As 5 Children Get HIV-Infected Blood In Madhya Pradesh
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken cognisance of the shocking case in which five children tested HIV positive after allegedly being administered infected blood during transfusions at government health facilities in Madhya Pradesh.
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UK's Infected Blood Scandal That Killed 3,000 Was Covered Up: Report
A decades-long UK scandal in which thousands of people died after being treated with infected blood was covered up and largely could have been avoided, found a bombshell report published on Monday.
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Parents Accuse Tamil Nadu Hospital Of Giving HIV-Infected Blood To Child
HIV-infected blood allegedly transferred to baby in Tamil Nadu: The parents have accused Coimbatore Government Medical College Hospital of negligence. The hospital has said that it is ready to face any inquiry.
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Panel Seeks Report On HIV-Infected Blood Transfusion To Tamil Nadu Women
The National Commission for Women on Monday sought a report from Tamil Nadu authorities over the case of two women allegedly contracting HIV from blood transfusion.
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Colorado health officials say dentist put thousands at HIV risk from reused syringes
A suspended Colorado dentist reused syringes and needles in his now-shuttered practice, potentially exposing thousands of patients to HIV and hepatitis infection, health officials warned on Friday.
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Fresh FIR in Gujarat HIV-infected children case
The CBI on Tuesday registered a fresh FIR in a case of 23 Thalassemia-affected children allegedly contracting HIV infection during blood transfusion at Junagad civil hospital last year, a senior officer said. "We have registered an FIR in the case today at Gandhinagar and after modifying original complaint we have added a charge under section 304 (...
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Infected blood: NHRC issues notice to Rajasthan govt
The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to the Rajasthan Government after reports that infected blood was given the children suffering from Thaelesemia. Three Thaelesemic children ended with HIV and 17 got Hepatitis-C after the transfusion at Ummed Hospital at Jodhpur. Relatives of the patients alleged that the state government has...
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Disease outbreaks at Afghan border
Refugees on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan are becoming victims of a highly contagious disease that causes patients to bleed to death. The outbreak of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is centred around the Pakistani city of Quetta. At least 75 people have become infected so far and eight have died. CCHF is a viral fever caused ...
