Taking suo moto cognisance of the death of a woman due to transfusion of blood of a different group at the Keonjhar District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) on Wednesday, the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) on Thursday sought a report from the Health Secretary and the Keonjhar Collector within four weeks.
The rights body asked the District Collector to probe into the incident himself and submit a report within four weeks.
Notably, a woman identified as Sukanti Nayak (50) of Puruna Bazar in Keonjhar town died at the DHH after A+ blood was administered to her while her blood group was O+.
Admitting administering of blood of a wrong group, Keonjhar CDMO Kabindra Prasad Sahoo said, “While Sukanti Nayak was undergoing treatment in the medicine ward of the hospital, another woman also namely Sukanti Nayak was admitted to the gynaecology ward. Both the patients required blood. The blood which was meant to be administered to the woman admitted in the gynaecology ward was given to Sukanti of the medicine ward.”
The CDMO had on Wednesday dismissed the DHH laboratory Technician Bharti Mohanty and Staff Nurse Hemalata Mahanta in connection with the incidence. He has also recommended to the Health Department to take action against the concerned doctor.