Updated On: 02 September, 2021 12:00 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI
As per the girl`s family, she was given blood sourced from a blood bank in Akola on a local doctor`s instructions as her white blood cell count was very low. She seemed to have recovered after receiving the transfusion

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The Maharashtra government on Thursday ordered probe after an eight-month-old girl was found to have received blood contaminated with HIV in Akola district.
Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope said he had asked local health officials to submit a report within three days.