MISMATCHED BLOOD TRANSFUSION LEADING TO DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY;-----

Negligence in giving blood belonging to the correct blood group during blood transfusion led to the death of a 25-year-old woman at KC General Hospital in Malleswaram on Thursday.

The deceased, BG Rajeshwari, was admitted to KC General Hospital on Saturday (June 29) for blood transfusion, as she was suffering from anaemia. Her two blood transfusions, on Saturday and on Monday, proved to be fatal as the hospital injected her with B+ve instead of O+ve which was Rajeshwari’s blood group — a deadly mistake in medical practice.

Rajeshwari’s family members noticed that her face and limbs had started swelling on Sunday.

Family members and Malleswaram police said Rajeshwari suffered for five days before breathing her last at Victoria Hospital at 3am on Thursday. It was only on Tuesday, after her second blood transfusion with the wrong blood group, that the hospital doctors realised their folly. Rajeshwari’s anxious family members immediately shifted her to Victoria Hospital on Tuesday.

According to Rajeshwari’s sister Jayalakshmi, the shocking thing was that Rajeshwari herself had pointed out to the doctors during Monday’s blood transfusion that they were giving her the wrong blood group, but they would not listen to her.

“I found swelling on her face, legs and other parts of the body. But, we were not able to find out what had gone wrong, said Jayalakshmi. “Later, I informed the nurses and forced them to stop the transfusion, but they told me that the blood group was indeed right and only the label on the bottle was wrong. They realised their mistake only when I showed them her earlier medical records. So, we shifted her to Victoria Hospital for further treatment. But she died in the early hours of Thursday,” Jayalakshmi said.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the hospital staff had conducted blood tests to transfuse the blood of her group (O+ve), but the lab technician, Bhagyalakshmi, allegedly told the nurse it was B+ve.

Rajeshwari was visiting KC General Hospital every three months for blood transfusion. Her regular doctor was not available when she visited the hospital this time.

Police said the technician’s and nurse’s negligence lay in failing to refer to Rajeshwari’s earlier medical records, which clearly stated her blood group.
The post-mortem at Victoria Hospital and medical records of the deceased too confirmed that the lab technician committed the mistake.

Rajeshwari’s mother Subhadra and relatives decided to file a case against the KC General hospital and staged protest at the hospital. Police have registered a case of death due to negligence.
this is one negligence from which we,doctors have no escape- How many safe blood seminars are organised by medical fraternity - still - this is happening- lack of supervision of the staff's work and taking things for granted,here a lady even pointed that wrong Blood is being transfused but still no care ,is a gross violance amounting to murders,DOCTORS and staff doing it must be punished heavily and no mercy should be shown to them,WE ARE TREATING PATIENTS AS THEIR GOD,ANY NEGLIGENCE IN OUR PART A MERE SIMPLE FOR US BUT IT IS DEATH FOR ONE PERSON,A FAMILY DESTROYS,A SOCIETY AND NATION IS BROKEN,WE CANNOT ESTIMATE THE LOSS ,ASK HER CHILDREN ,PARENTS,HUSBAND,RLATIVES AND IN LAWS ASSUME WHAT HAPPENS TO US IF IT HAPPENS IN OUR FAMILY - May God Bless the lady's soul to rest in peace.
BLOOD IS ONLY HOPE OF LIFE IN SERIOUS ILL OR INJURED OR DISEASED PATIENT AND IS THE BEST GIFT OF HUMAN BY HUMAN FOR HUMAN AND TO BE TRANSFUSED BY HUMAN BUT VERY CAREFULLY TAKING ALL SAFETY MEASURES OTHERWIS LIKE THIS SUCH BIG CATASTROPHY MAY HAPPEN ,AVOID IT,TAKE TIME,BE CAREFUL AT EVERY STEP STARTING FROM A BLLOD GROUP ,CROSSMATCHING,TRANSFUSING AND THEN MONITORING WHOLE TRANSFUSION AND AT LEASEST 48 HRS AFTER TRANSFUSION,A BAD BLOOD MAY CAUSE SIMPLE ALLERGIC REACTION,INFECTIONS,MALARIA, SYPHILLIS,HIV/AIDS/HEPATITIS B./HEPATITIS C CARDIAC,KIDNEY FAILURE,FEVER,RASHES,HIGH COLORED URINE,ANURIA AND DEATH.