The Scientist : Court case reveals massive HIV problem in Chinese blood banks [3/10/2000]

Court case reveals massive HIV problem in Chinese blood banks

News from The Scientist 2000, 1(1):20001003-03

3 October 2000

LONDON. A court in the poor Chinese province of Henan has ordered a local health authority — the Xinye County Health Bureau — to pay 380,000 Renminbi (RMB) (around £30,000 or US$45,000) to the family of a six-year-old child who was infected with HIV through a blood transfusion after a playground injury, according to a report in the 7 August Henan Dahebao, a Henan newspaper.

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