Key Highlights
- According to hospital sources, the patient, Bhawani Devi, was admitted due to severe anaemia and was undergoing blood transfusion on Wednesday (December 17, 2025) evening when a unit of an incompatible blood group was allegedly transfused.
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- But a second unit of B positive blood was allegedly supplied by the blood bank, which was transfused without proper cross-checking by the nursing staff present in the cancer wing.
- The error came to light when a relative noticed the blood group written on the unit during transfusion and immediately alerted the nursing staff and doctors.
- The transfusion was stopped and emergency treatment was initiated, following which the patient's condition stabilised, they said.
