Akola:After an eight-month-old girl tested HIV positive, relatives lodged complaint with Health Minister Rajesh Tope alleging blood bank's negligence in donating her blood with infection. The complainant demanded investigation of the matter and stringent action against culprits. The incident was reported in Hirpur in Murtijapur taluk.
After three days of birth, the baby's health deteriorated and medical tests found out that she had low blood cells. The paediatrician at Murtijapur advised that the girl should be given blood for cells production. After receiving blood from BP Thackeray Blood Bank in Akola, the girl started having fever.