Fourteen children undergoing blood transfusions have tested positive for infections such as HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur.
The children, who received transfusions at district and private hospitals for the thalassemia blood disorder they were already suffering from, hail from various regions of the state, such as Kanpur city, Etawah, and Kannauj.
The children are between 6 years and 16 years of age.
Arun Arya, the head of the paediatrics department at the Lala Lajpat Rai hospital in Kanpur, said that seven of these children tested positive for Hepatitis B, five for Hepatitis C and two for HIV, The Hindustan Times reported.
Arya said the blood transfusion may have happened during the “window period.”
He said: “The children are already battling a serious issue and are now at a greater health risk.”
