Hiv Infected Blood

The UK faced its worst tragedy with around 3,000 deaths linked to this scandal, making it the deadliest in NHS history.

The infection known as HIV targets the body's immune system, particularly the CD4 cells, which are white blood cells.

Thousands of people in Britain infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood transfusions will receive a compensation payment decades after the scandal, the UK government announced on Wednesday.

World Blood Donor Day 2019: Did you know if you have cold, flu or any other infections, you cannot donate blood? Here are other eligibility criteria you need to follow if you are looking forward to blood donation.

World Kidney Day 2019: Chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury are the contributors to increased morbidity and mortality from other risk factors and diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, obesity as well as infections like HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, and hepatitis.

HIV-infected blood allegedly transferred to baby in Tamil Nadu: The parents have accused Coimbatore Government Medical College Hospital of negligence. The hospital has said that it is ready to face any inquiry.

A 24-year-old woman in Tamil Nadu, who turned HIV-positive after she received infected blood during a transfusion at a government hospital, gave birth to a girl today at a hospital in Madurai.

The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday assured action against senior officials in the case where a pregnant woman was allegedly infected by HIV due to a faulty medical procedure at a state-run hospital.

The National Commission for Women on Monday sought a report from Tamil Nadu authorities over the case of two women allegedly contracting HIV from blood transfusion.

A 19-year-old HIV-positive man, who had consumed poison after his blood had infected a pregnant woman in Tamil Nadu, died on Sunday.

Two days after a woman was allegedly infected by HIV due to a faulty medical procedure at a Tamil Nadu hospital, a similar case has now come to light in Chennai. A 27-year-old woman has accused doctors at the prominent Kilpauk Medical College Hospital of criminal negligence, due to which she allegedly contracted the virus during a blood transfusion...

A teenage boy whose HIV-positive blood was passed on to a pregnant woman, in a case of shocking medical negligence that has triggered a major controversy in Tamil Nadu, reportedly tried to kill himself on Thursdayas his family struggled to deal with the fallout.

A 24-year-old pregnant woman in Tamil Nadu is HIV positive after infected blood was given to her during a blood transfusion at a government hospital in Virudhunagar district, around 500 km from Chennai.The government has offered financial compensation and jobs for the woman and her husband but they want help for private treatment after the negligen...

World AIDS Day is observed on December 1 every year. The day is dedicated to spreading awareness about the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) which is spread by infection from a virus called human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The day is marked by the World Health Organisation as a global public health campaign. One can be at a greater risk...

World AIDS Day 2018: Human immunodeficiency virus or HIV is a virus that attacks the immune cells. HIV is a lifelong infection which spreads through blood and body fluids.

The UK faced its worst tragedy with around 3,000 deaths linked to this scandal, making it the deadliest in NHS history.

The infection known as HIV targets the body's immune system, particularly the CD4 cells, which are white blood cells.

Thousands of people in Britain infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood transfusions will receive a compensation payment decades after the scandal, the UK government announced on Wednesday.

World Blood Donor Day 2019: Did you know if you have cold, flu or any other infections, you cannot donate blood? Here are other eligibility criteria you need to follow if you are looking forward to blood donation.

World Kidney Day 2019: Chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury are the contributors to increased morbidity and mortality from other risk factors and diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, obesity as well as infections like HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, and hepatitis.

HIV-infected blood allegedly transferred to baby in Tamil Nadu: The parents have accused Coimbatore Government Medical College Hospital of negligence. The hospital has said that it is ready to face any inquiry.

A 24-year-old woman in Tamil Nadu, who turned HIV-positive after she received infected blood during a transfusion at a government hospital, gave birth to a girl today at a hospital in Madurai.

The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday assured action against senior officials in the case where a pregnant woman was allegedly infected by HIV due to a faulty medical procedure at a state-run hospital.

The National Commission for Women on Monday sought a report from Tamil Nadu authorities over the case of two women allegedly contracting HIV from blood transfusion.

A 19-year-old HIV-positive man, who had consumed poison after his blood had infected a pregnant woman in Tamil Nadu, died on Sunday.

Two days after a woman was allegedly infected by HIV due to a faulty medical procedure at a Tamil Nadu hospital, a similar case has now come to light in Chennai. A 27-year-old woman has accused doctors at the prominent Kilpauk Medical College Hospital of criminal negligence, due to which she allegedly contracted the virus during a blood transfusion...

A teenage boy whose HIV-positive blood was passed on to a pregnant woman, in a case of shocking medical negligence that has triggered a major controversy in Tamil Nadu, reportedly tried to kill himself on Thursdayas his family struggled to deal with the fallout.

A 24-year-old pregnant woman in Tamil Nadu is HIV positive after infected blood was given to her during a blood transfusion at a government hospital in Virudhunagar district, around 500 km from Chennai.The government has offered financial compensation and jobs for the woman and her husband but they want help for private treatment after the negligen...

World AIDS Day is observed on December 1 every year. The day is dedicated to spreading awareness about the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) which is spread by infection from a virus called human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The day is marked by the World Health Organisation as a global public health campaign. One can be at a greater risk...

World AIDS Day 2018: Human immunodeficiency virus or HIV is a virus that attacks the immune cells. HIV is a lifelong infection which spreads through blood and body fluids.