Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has directed to immediately suspend the Civil Surgeon and some other officials of West Singhbhum district. This action has been taken after a serious case of five children suffering from Thalassemia being found HIV positive after blood transfusion.
What is the whole matter?
Earlier, the family of a seven-year-old thalassemia patient had accused the local blood bank of Chaibasa of transfusing HIV infected blood. The next day, a testing team from Ranchi found four more children to be HIV positive, taking the total number of infected children to five. So far, about 25 units of blood had been transfused from the blood bank to the seven-year-old child.
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Chief Minister’s strict decision
Taking a strong stance on the incident on social media, Chief Minister Hemant Soren said, ‘After receiving the news of HIV infected blood being transfused to children suffering from thalassemia in Chaibasa, orders have been given to suspend the Civil Surgeon of West Singhbhum and the concerned officers. The state government will provide financial assistance of ₹ 2 lakh each to the families of the affected children and will bear the entire cost of treatment of the infected children.
On the information of transfusion of HIV infected blood to children suffering from thalassemia in Chaibasa, instructions have been given to suspend West Singhbhum Civil Surgeon and other concerned officials.
An assistance amount of Rs 2 lakh each will be provided by the state government to the families of the affected children and the infected…— Hemant Soren (@HemantSorenJMM) October 26, 2025
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Error found in investigation
Following the allegations by the family of the seven-year-old child, the state government immediately formed a team of five doctors led by Director Dr Dinesh Kumar. The team took stock of the blood bank and children’s PIU ward of Sadar Hospital.
Dr. Dinesh Kumar said that initial investigation revealed that a Thalassemia patient was given bad blood transfusion. He said that during the investigation, some shortcomings were found in the blood bank, which the officials have been asked to rectify.
However, district civil surgeon Dr Sushanto Majhi had earlier said that HIV infection can also occur due to other reasons like coming in contact with used syringes.