Doctor held for issuing infected blood

Rajkot, Sep 27 (UNI) A doctor working in a blood bank here was arrested on the charge of negligence, for allegedly issuing infected blood that caused six deaths in different hospitals of the city in August 2006.

Dr Tushar Shah, a medical officer of Young Star Blood Bank, was arrested from his residence here yesterday by the crime branch, police said.

Dr Shah was booked under article 304 of Indian Penal Code on a complaint filed by Food and Drug Department head J B Parmar, police said.

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