HIV+ve girl child: Committee conducts inquiry at govt hosps
TNN | Mar 2, 2019, 04:55 ISTTirupur: The national commission for protection of child rights (NCPCR) recently conducted an investigation at the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) after the parents of a two-year-old girl alleged that their child was infected with HIV after undergoing blood transfusion at the hospital.
The committee headed by NCPCR member Dr RG Anand also visited the child while she availed treatment at the Tirupur Government Hospital on Thursday. The district administration will soon submit a report on the condition of the child and the financial status of her family.
CMCH doctors had confirmed that the child was affected with HIV when she was admitted there last month. Though authorities were yet to confirm the source of infection, her parents alleged that red blood cells transfused on July 12, 2018, could be the source of infection.
Though the parents were asked to visit CMCH, as the commission wanted to meet them, they refused to go there. As the girl was ill, the parents took her to the Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Center at the Tirupur Government Hospital on Wednesday. After conducting inquiries with CMCH authorities, the committee including Aravind of the Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society (TANSACS) visited Tirupur GH. They met the girl’s mother at the general in-patient ward, where the girl was admitted, before having conversations with the hospital resident medical officer and superintendent.
“They wanted to understand about the condition of the girl and the financial condition of her family. NCPCR was pondering whether to provide any financial assistance to the family. Since the girl’s father was not present, they could not complete the inquiry,” district child protection officer D Vasanth Kumar said.
Meanwhile, the district administration will submit a report on the child to the state government soon. It is also planning to provide counselling to the family on HIV.
The commission assured financial assistance to the family, the girl’s 27-year-old father, who works in a powerloom unit at Palladam taluk, told TOI. “My wife told them that all we wanted is proper treatment for my child, one of our twins.”
The child was discharged from Tirupur GH on Friday after her condition improved. Her parents were advised to provide prescribed medicines and visit the hospital regularly.
The committee headed by NCPCR member Dr RG Anand also visited the child while she availed treatment at the Tirupur Government Hospital on Thursday. The district administration will soon submit a report on the condition of the child and the financial status of her family.
CMCH doctors had confirmed that the child was affected with HIV when she was admitted there last month. Though authorities were yet to confirm the source of infection, her parents alleged that red blood cells transfused on July 12, 2018, could be the source of infection.
Though the parents were asked to visit CMCH, as the commission wanted to meet them, they refused to go there. As the girl was ill, the parents took her to the Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Center at the Tirupur Government Hospital on Wednesday. After conducting inquiries with CMCH authorities, the committee including Aravind of the Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society (TANSACS) visited Tirupur GH. They met the girl’s mother at the general in-patient ward, where the girl was admitted, before having conversations with the hospital resident medical officer and superintendent.
“They wanted to understand about the condition of the girl and the financial condition of her family. NCPCR was pondering whether to provide any financial assistance to the family. Since the girl’s father was not present, they could not complete the inquiry,” district child protection officer D Vasanth Kumar said.
Meanwhile, the district administration will submit a report on the child to the state government soon. It is also planning to provide counselling to the family on HIV.
The commission assured financial assistance to the family, the girl’s 27-year-old father, who works in a powerloom unit at Palladam taluk, told TOI. “My wife told them that all we wanted is proper treatment for my child, one of our twins.”
The child was discharged from Tirupur GH on Friday after her condition improved. Her parents were advised to provide prescribed medicines and visit the hospital regularly.
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