KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Monday issued a notice to the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC), Thiruvananthapuram, and the state government on a petition filed by the father of a nine-year-old girl who was tested positive for HIV infection allegedly after undergoing blood transfusion at the RCC, seeking compensation.The petition has been adjourned to next month for a further hearing.
The petitioner stated HIV test carried out on his daughter at the time of her admission to the RCC had returned a negative result.
The negligence of the hospital authorities had undermined his daughter’s right to life enshrined in the Constitution. The State Human Rights Commission and the Child Rights Commission had intervened and directed the government and the hospital to take urgent actions.