Leukaemia patient with HIV: Human Rights panel book case

Kozhikode: The state human rights commission has booked a case in the incident where an 8-year old girl was found infected with dreaded HIV after blood transfusion for Leukaemia at two government hospitals in Wayanad and Kozhikode Districts. The commission has sought an immediate report on this from the govt. 

Sources in the District Medical Office said laboratory tests had confirmed the girl hailing from Valliyurkav near Manathawadi in the hilly Wayanad district as HIV positive.

A Leukaemia patient, she had received blood transfusion at Mananthawadi District Hospital and Kozhikode Medical College, they said.

Stating her parents tested negative for HIV, the sources said the authorities were contemplating a probe by experts into the issue.