Two Health department officials suspended in Odisha

The Odisha govenrment today placed two health department officials under suspension after they were found guilty of infusing wrong blood on a thalasemia patient in Kandhamal district.
The two officials identified as Saila Patra a nurse and Prasanna Sahu a laboratory technician are suspended based on a departmental inquiry, said Dr Swapeneswar Gadanayak, the Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO), Kandhamal.
Stating that the duo was charged with "dereliction of duty" by the enquiry committee, the CDMO said both had assisted in a blood transfusion to a nine-years-old thalasemia patient Pravat Nayak hailing from Tikabali area in Kandhamal district on January 28, 2016.

The boy was given a bottle of blood belonging to B positive group instead of O positive due to utmost negligence as the Laboratory technician failed to cross match the blood sample. As a result, the boy had become serious and unconscious and was also noticed with multiple complaints including aspasia and phenomena. He was immediately shifted to SCB Medical College, Cuttack, the CDMO said.