Terming the transfusion of HIV-infected blood to a pregnant woman at the Sattur Government Hospital ‘regrettable’, Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan said that “exclusive and high quality treatment” would be provided to the victim at the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai.
Besides termination of the services of three health employees from the Sivakasi GH for negligence, criminal charges would be filed against them, he said. He also visited the 23-year-old woman and her family in Virudhunagar on Wednesday.
A team of doctors would provide ‘exclusive’ treatment to the woman at a special ward in the GRH as per the request of the affected family, he told the media. “If the family is not satisfied with the treatment there, the Chief Minister has directed us to provide her with treatment at a private hospital,” he said.
Later, the Health Secretary accompanied the woman to the GRH and inspected the special ward where she was admitted.