The Madhya Pradesh government on Thursday (December 18, 2025) suspended a blood bank in-charge and two lab technicians in connection with six children testing HIV positive at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Government Hospital in Satna district, a senior official said.
The action was taken based on the preliminary report of a committee formed to investigate the case of transfusion of infected blood in Satna, the official said.
The committee was formed by the State's Public Health and Family Welfare Department on December 16.
Based on the committee's report, blood bank in-charge Dr Devendra Patel and lab technicians Ram Bhai Tripathi and Nandlal Pandey have been suspended, the official said.
A show-cause notice has also been issued to Manoj Shukla, a former civil surgeon of the district hospital, and he has been directed to submit a written explanation, the official said.
