Madras HC orders TN govt to give Rs 25 lakh compensation to woman transfused with HIV positive blood
Madras High Court on Friday ordered Tamil Nadu government to give Rs. 25 lakhs as compensation to a woman who was transfused with HIV positive blood.
The incident took place in December 2018.
A division bench of the Madurai Bench of the High Court comprising of Justice N Kirubakaran and Justice SS Sundar also ordered the government to construct a house for the woman from Sattur.
The bench also directed the state government to provide a suitable job to the victim.
The woman had tested HIV positive after infected blood was transfused into her at a government hospital. The woman was pregnant at the time of the incident. She gave birth to a girl child sometime later.
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