Women health Condition worsen over Wrong blood transfusion in Rajasthan

A 75-year-old woman patient was allegedly given the wrong blood group at the Acharya Tulsi cancer wing of PBM Hospital in Rajasthan’s Bikaner, causing her condition to deteriorate suddenly. The hospital administration has ordered an inquiry into the incident.

The patient’s condition stabilised after emergency treatment, doctors said.

According to hospital sources, the patient, Bhawani Devi, was admitted due to severe anaemia and was undergoing blood transfusion on Wednesday evening when a unit of an incompatible blood group was allegedly



transfused.

Family members said the first unit of blood was transfused to Bhawani Devi, whose blood group is A positive, without incident. But a second unit of B positive blood was allegedly supplied by the blood bank, which was transfused without proper cross-checking by the nursing staff present in the cancer wing.

The error came to light when a relative noticed the blood group written on the unit during transfusion and immediately alerted the nursing staff and doctors. The transfusion was stopped and emergency treatment was initiated, following which the patient’s condition stabilised, they said.