Bangalore, July 5: A 25-year-old woman, suffering from anaemia for the past four years, died at a private hospital here on Thursday after, she was allegedly transfused wrong blood at K C General Hospital last Saturday.
The victim, Rajeshwari (25), used to work at a garments factory, but was forced to quit after her health deteriorated.
Rajeshwari's family said she was admitted to KC General Hospital for blood transfusion on Saturday. Her blood group was O positive, but she was given B positive blood, causing grave complications, they alleged.
Rajeshwari herself pointed out to her relatives that she was being given blood of a wrong group. "She saw a bottle which had B+ written on it, and raised an alarm. But the nursing staff tried to pacify her, saying the sticker was wrong and it was fine," said Jayalakshmi, Rajeshwari's elder sister.
Nurse Bhagyalakshmi, who was handling the blood bottles, tried to tell the family members all was well. But they would have none of it and took up the matter with hospital authorities. The patient immediately developed complications like vomiting, dysentery and diarrhea.
Rajeshwari developed complications like nausea and diarrhoea. K C General Hospital staff failed to revive her. The family then shifted her to a private hospital on Tuesday.
She was shifted to Victoria Hospital on Wednesday morning, where she died in the early hours of Thursday.
Acting on a complaint from Rajeshwari's family, Malleswaram police booked cases against Dr Suresh, a physician, nurse Bhagyalakshmi and two other employees of the government-run KC General Hospital.
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