Woman and child who contracted HIV during blood transfusion at government hospital to be paid ₹40 lakh ex-gratia amount, State govt. tells HC

Woman and child who contracted HIV during blood transfusion at government hospital to be paid ₹40 lakh ex-gratia amount, State govt. tells HC MADURAI The Tamil Nadu government has informed the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court that a total of ₹40 lakh ex-gratia amount will be paid to a woman and her child, who contracted HIV, after the woman was transfused with HIV-infected blood at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital in Tiruchi in 2022. Taking note of the submission, Justice C. Saravanan directed that ₹20 lakh each should be paid to the woman and her child. The amount to the woman should be paid without any further stipulation. Besides, ₹20 lakh should be invested in a fixed deposit of a nationalised bank or in a post office, which should be renewed till the child attains the age of majority.