The 23-year-old woman, who contracted HIV after a botched-up blood transfusion at a government hospital in Sattur in Virudhunagar district in December 2018, was discharged on Thursday from Government Rajaji Hospital here after more than three months of hospitalisation.
The woman, who was transfused the blood during her pregnancy, delivered a baby girl on January 17. She was admitted to GRH soon after the issue came to light in the last week of December. She was discharged on Thursday so that she could join work at the District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit (DAPCU) in Virudhunagar district on Friday. Sources in the Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society said that the woman would be provided a job that would suit her ability and would be subsequently absorbed as a permanent employee.
The job was offered to her by the government as one of the compensatory measures for the irreversible mistake committed during blood transfusion, which resulted in the woman contracting both HIV and Hepatitis B infection.
Fortunately, the girl child, which underwent a test after six weeks of birth, was found to be HIV-negative. However, confirmation can be obtained only after further tests to be conducted when the child is six-month-old and when it is one-and-a-half-years-old.
Meanwhile, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has intervened after it was found during the hearing of a petition that the relationship between the woman and her husband had strained with the latter not allowing her to see the elder child. The court had recently suggested to the authorities concerned to provide counselling to the husband.
