Under attack, hospital says no negligence-the superintendent of the hospital, G T Dayalu, said 33 children have been infected by the HIV.

Under attack, hospital says no negligence/If report is true then such people need strict punishment..VT)

The authorities of Junagadh Civil Hospital, where 23 thalassemic children were found HIV positive, have been changing their assessment of the situation.

On Saturday, the superintendent of the hospital, G T Dayalu, said 33 children have been infected by the HIV. By midnight, in a hurriedly called press conference, he scaled down the number to 23 and said that all the children were infected by the virus before getting registered to the hospital. “This problem has been created by some elements,” said Dayalu on Sunday.

His comments come as a three-member team led by Regional Deputy Director (Health Department) Sunil Awasia arrived at Junagadh on Sunday. Awasia has refused to comment and said that a report will be submitted to the government in this regard. State Health Minister Jay Narayan Vyas has already given a clean chit to Junagadh Civil Hospital authorities.

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The parents, however, blame the hospital. “My son has been undergoing blood transfusion since last seven years. Transfusion has been done after every seven days. And all these years and times, it has been done only at Junagadh Civil Hospital,” said Shailesh Balash. “Nobody else but the hospital authority is to be blamed for the negligence,” said Balash, who is contemplating legal action.

Salim Shiekh, whose four-year-old has also been affected, too said that every time the blood transfusion was done by the hospital. “We have never gone anywhere else. How can they say that children were affected with the virus before getting registered?” he said.

Medical experts expressed a possibility that window period of three to four months when virus cannot be detected in donors blood could have led to the infection. While the hospital authorities did not divulge any details including blood supply source, parents of the affected children said the supply of the blood always came from in-house blood bank.

“We all are registered with Sarvoday Blood Bank. They help us get donors or replacement for thalassemic children,” said Sheikh.

Anil Vyas of Sarvoday Blood Bank, however, said that their role primarily concerns collecting the blood or find the donors for the patients. “Testing and storage has been done by the hospital,” he added.