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NHRC sends notices to Tamil Nadu health minister, state govt over pregnant woman contracting HIV after blood transfusion

The NHRC on Thursday sent notices to the Centre and the Tamil Nadu in connection with a 24-year-old pregnant woman contracting HIV allegedly after being transfused contaminated blood supplied by a blood bank which failed to conduct proper screening for the virus.

Tamil Nadu: Pregnant woman contracts HIV after blood transfusion; one dismissed, two suspended over incident

The Tamil Nadu government said it was making all efforts to prevent the impact of the HIV virus on the woman, and stocks in all blood banks would be reviewed to ensure that such incidents did not recur.

Cauvery protests: MDMK leader Vaiko's nephew, who immolated self over water dispute, dies in Madurai

Saravana Suresh, the nephew of MDMK leader Vaiko, who had set himself on fire over the Cauvery water dispute, died on Saturday