Days after an elderly patient reportedly became critical after a wrong blood transfusion at a private hospital in Cuttack district, four staff of the Central Red Cross Blood Bank were suspended for gross negligence.
The patient, Bhusan Jena (74), of Jhola Sahi had to be immediately rushed to the ICU after his condition deteriorated minutes after he was administered blood of a different group.
As per reports, Jena had been hospitalised following a stroke after his haemoglobin level dropped. Family members said blood was arranged from the bank in the first phase but when the need for more transfusion arose, doctors asked them to go to the Central Red Cross Blood Bank for ‘A’ positive blood unit. However, minutes after the blood transfusion, Jena’s condition deteriorated so much that he was rushed to the ICU. When the blood was later verified at a private lab, it turned out to be ‘B’ positive instead of ‘A’ positive. What is worse, the patient’s kin claimed that the pouch had ‘A’ positive written on it while it had the wrong blood type inside.