New Delhi, July 19th, 2010
The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report alleging that due to infected blood transfusion, three child patients of Thaelesemia have caught up HIV and seventeen are suffering with Hepatitis-C in Ummed Hospital at Jodhpur, Rajasthan. The relatives of the patients have alleged that the State Government has not provided facilities for the NEUT test even after five months. This test is necessary to diagnose infection in blood. Neutrophils are a type of mobile white blood cells that capture foreign particles and bacteria. The report carried in Dainik Bhaskar on the 11th July, 2010 also alleged that a number of Thaelesemia patient have become victim of infected blood transfusion in the past as well in the State.

The Commission observed that the contents of media report, if true, raise serious issue of violation of human rights of the child patients, and issued a notice today to the Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Government of Rajasthan, Jaipur, calling for a report within four weeks from the date of its receipt.

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