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4 Charge-Sheeted in Lal Ded Blood Scam
Srinagar: The crime branch of the state police has filed a charge sheet against four employees said to be involved in a sensational case of adulterating blood in the blood bank of the Lal Ded hospital.
The crime branch has asked people to exercise extreme caution in obtaining blood from the Lal Ded blood bank.
The crime branch had received complaints that blood stored in the lal Ded blood bank was being mixed with an agent known as saline and then provided to patients.
On investigations, the crime branch found that two employees, technician Muhammad Amin and nursing orderly Nazeer Ahmad Bhat were involved in the case.
The duo were said to have been dividing a blood unit into two parts, adding saline and then giving it to patients needing transfusion.
The sensational racket had come to light on September 11, 2007 when a doctor refused to use a blood sample saying that it was adulterated.
On being tested, the blood was found to have an Hb value of 4.7 and mixed with saline.
The crime branch found that the blood had been collected on August 18, and blood from the same bag number had been given to another patient on September 5.
The investigations also revealed that two units of blood under bag numbers 1734 and1737 had been obtained through technician Muhammad Sadiq, and nursing orderly.
Both units were of the same blood group, and on testing proved positive with the deadly Hepatitis B virus.
The crime branch said that actually only blood unit number 1734 had been collected, and then divided into two parts, making a false entry under number 1737 after adulterating it with saline.
All the four employees were arrested for endangering human lives, and yesterday charge-sheeted before a magistrate.
(Kashmir Observer)