Financial assistance arrears paid to Sattur woman, State tells HC

The State government on Wednesday informed the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court that financial assistance arrears to a woman, who was transfused with HIV-infected blood at Sattur Government Hospital in December, 2018, had been paid.

A Division Bench of Justices C.V. Karthikeyan and R. Sakthivel had directed the government to pay the arrears to the woman, and file a report. The court was hearing a batch of public interest litigation petitions that had sought a direction to the government to provide adequate compensation to the woman.

Earlier, the court had directed the State to pay a compensation of ₹25 lakh and provide her a government job. Subsequently, the court had directed the State to provide a monthly assistance of ₹7,500 to the woman taking into account the fact that she had to spend at least ₹250 to ₹300 on nutrition per day.