Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 14: In a suspected case of gross medical negligence, the family of a nine-year-old girl, who was undergoing treatment at the Regional Cancer Centre here, has alleged that the girl was infected with HIV after undergoing blood transfusion at the hospital. The Medical College police have registered case and launched a probe after receiving a complaint from the girl's parents in this regard. The complaint has been raised by a family hailing from Alappuzha district.
According to police, the case has been registered on charges of negligence against the staff of RCC. As per the complaint, the girl was found to be infected with HIV when her blood was tested prior to a surgery related to an eye disease recently. The parents confirmed the infection after testing the blood again at the medical college hospital. It was following this, they approached the police with a complaint. They alleged that only possible way the girl might have got infected with the virus is when she underwent a blood transfusion at RCC as part of her treatment.
Medical College sub-inspector D Girilal said the probe has just been launched and it was too early to say whether the allegation raised against the state-run cancer care hospital was genuine. The parents of the girl have told the police that before starting treatment under RCC in March this year, the girl was treated at a few other hospitals too.
''But, they are sure that the girl did not have the infection before the blood transfusion here as they were constantly monitoring her condition owing to continued treatment," the sub-inspector said.
Kazhakootam Cyber City assistant commissioner A Pramod Kumar, under whose jurisdiction the RCC comes, said the matter will be discussed with forensic experts and then it will be referred to a medical board as per procedure RCC director and PRO were unavailable for comments despite repeated attempts to contact them.
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