DOH: Tainted blood recipients have died

April 13, 2011 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Health (DOH) reported yesterday that the two recipients of HIV-contaminated blood donation have died.

Dr. Eric Tayag, chief of the DOH National Epidemiology Center, however, stressed that the transfusion of contaminated blood was not the cause of death of the two victims.

“The two recipients died not because of contamination, but because of serious illness, which is the main reason why they needed blood transfusion,” Tayag said.

Tayag merely said the recipients were a child and an adult female, but he declined to divulge other details.

One of the recipients was among the new HIV cases recorded by the DOH last February.

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DOH: Tainted blood recipients have died

BLOOD

CONTAMINATED

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

DIED

DOH

DR. ERIC TAYAG

HIV

NATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTER

RECIPIENTS

TAYAG

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