GUWAHATI, May 10 - In a shocking incident, the blood report of a three-and-a-half-year-old boy was tested positive for HIV virus during the course of his treatment at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).
The child had undergone multiple surgeries and blood transmission at the GMCH during the course of his treatment for burn injuries which he had sustained more than a year ago.
A high-level inquiry has been initiated to find out the route of the virus.
GMCH sources said that the child was admitted to the hospital in April last year and was undergoing treatment till October, during which he had gone through a series of surgeries and blood transmission.
�For the last six months, there was no information about the child. He was again admitted to the GMCH in March this year and during the course of a routine blood check-up, the HIV report was found to be positive,� sources said.
PTI adds: The boy is the son of a daily wage earner from Kamrup district.
Meanwhile, GMCH Superintendent Babul K Bezbaruah declined to confirm if the boy was infected after taking blood from the GMCH�s blood bank as his parents do not suffer from the disease.
�We have formed a five-member committee to look into the matter. Only after a thorough inquiry, we will be able to tell anything in this regard,� Bezbaruah said.
The GMCH Superintendent, however, claimed there is an open wound in the boy�s leg and the inquiry committee will look into the possibility of his contracting the virus through it.
