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8-month-old girl gets infected by HIV after receiving contaminated blood in Maharashtra hospital, probe ordered

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The Maharashtra government has ordered a probe into the incident where an eight-month-old got infected by HIV after receiving contaminated blood at a hospital in Akola district. "I have ordered inquiry. We will take strict action against the guilty. No one will be spared as this carelessness has put the girl's life in danger," Public Health Minister Rajesh Tope said. The girl was given blood sourced from a blood bank in Akola.