2016/12/01 |
Bad Blood: India Denies HIV Blood Transfusion Crisis Despite Thousands of Deaths
An investigation has uncovered 14,474 cases of HIV caused via blood transfusions over the past seven years, but the government denies there is a crisis.
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Nikhil M Babu is a New Delhi-based independent journalist and a member of 101Reporters.com, a pan-India network of grassroots reporters.
The chances of an HIV patient in India having acquired the virus through blood transfusion are 3,000 times higher than in the U.S.
An investigation has uncovered 14,474 cases of HIV caused via blood transfusions over the past seven years, but the government denies there is a crisis.