Chennai, July 27: 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. AIIMS Rishikesh Wrongly Detects Man as HIV Positive, Told to Pay Rs 60,000 Fine After Diagnosis Proven Incorrect.

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