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United Press International - August 31, 2009
Criminal charges have been filed against administrators of the hospital, which was not publicly named, CNN reported Monday.
No children treated at the hospital tested positive for HIV in recent random checks, said H.S. Brar, child health officer for the state's Sri Ganganagar district.
In an unrelated case, six men were arrested last week in neighboring Uttar Pradesh for running an unauthorized blood bank, CNN reported.
Untested blood taken primarily from drug addicts and the destitute was sold by the bank for nearly three years, police said.
Suspects charged in the case allegedly packaged the blood with fake labels from authorized facilities before selling it to hospitals and clinics, police said.
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