Man demands details of treatment given to wife at GH
SALEM, JANUARY 01, 2019 00:00 IST
The woman had alleged that she contracted HIV following a blood transfusion four years ago
The husband of the 28-year-old woman of Kudhiraikaran Pudhur village near Mettur, who is undergoing treatment after testing positive for HIV, has urged the district administration to provide the details of the treatment provided to his wife at the Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital (GMKMCH) in the city in 2014.
The woman had alleged that she contracted HIV following a blood transfusion during her first pregnancy at the Mechery Primary Health Centre four years ago.
The Health Department had denied the allegation stating that all the available records proved that the blood transfused to the woman did not have HIV infection.
However, the woman’s husband, a lorry driver, presented a petition to District Collector on Monday stating that his wife was admitted to GMKMCH for delivery and she was in the hospital from August 11 to 28.
During this period, a unit of blood was transfused to her.
The Health Department officials have not furnished any details of this blood transfusion while refuting the allegation of his wife.
He said that the failure of the Health Department officials to mention about the blood transfusion at the GMKMCH was giving room for the doubt that the official machinery was hiding the facts.
He also took exception to the statement of the officials that his wife had contracted HIV infection due to “other reasons”, which he said had caused mental agony to his wife, the petition said.
He has also sought the copies of case sheets, issue register, master records prepared when his wife underwent treatment at GMKMCH, through Right to Information Act.
SALEM, JANUARY 01, 2019 00:00 IST
The woman had alleged that she contracted HIV following a blood transfusion four years ago
The husband of the 28-year-old woman of Kudhiraikaran Pudhur village near Mettur, who is undergoing treatment after testing positive for HIV, has urged the district administration to provide the details of the treatment provided to his wife at the Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital (GMKMCH) in the city in 2014.
The woman had alleged that she contracted HIV following a blood transfusion during her first pregnancy at the Mechery Primary Health Centre four years ago.
The Health Department had denied the allegation stating that all the available records proved that the blood transfused to the woman did not have HIV infection.
However, the woman’s husband, a lorry driver, presented a petition to District Collector on Monday stating that his wife was admitted to GMKMCH for delivery and she was in the hospital from August 11 to 28.
During this period, a unit of blood was transfused to her.
The Health Department officials have not furnished any details of this blood transfusion while refuting the allegation of his wife.
He said that the failure of the Health Department officials to mention about the blood transfusion at the GMKMCH was giving room for the doubt that the official machinery was hiding the facts.
He also took exception to the statement of the officials that his wife had contracted HIV infection due to “other reasons”, which he said had caused mental agony to his wife, the petition said.
He has also sought the copies of case sheets, issue register, master records prepared when his wife underwent treatment at GMKMCH, through Right to Information Act.
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