Cm Jai Ram Thakur informed the state Assembly that the director of the health services would be asked to look into the incident & submit a report within a fortnight.

Himachal Pradesh Cm Jai Ram Thakur on Wed. said a probe will be ordered into the death of a woman who suffered severe mental distress after a private clinic "wrongly" diagnosed her as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive.

The CM informed the state Assembly that the director of the health services would be asked to look into the incident & submit a report within a fortnight.

The issue was raised in the Assembly by Rohru Congress Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) Mohan Lal Brakta.

The matter is very sensitive & after the probe report is received, strict action will be taken against the private clinic for preparing a wrong Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)  positive report. Compensation to the deceased woman's family will be provided as per rules, Thakur said.

Raising the issue, Brakta demanded strict action against the private clinic situated in the Rohru subdivision in Shimla district. He also sought adequate compensation for the 22-year-old woman's family.

The Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) said that the woman died at Indira Gandhi Medical College & Hospital (IGMC) in Shimla on Tuesday due to severe mental & emotional shock after she came to know about the "Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive" report.

Brakta said the woman had gone to the private clinic for a checkup due to an ailment. Her tests were conducted at the private clinic & the reports of the test was submitted to her without informing her about its contents.

She later went to the govt run Kamla Nehru Hospital (KNH) in Shimla for treatment where her husband was told about the report prepared by the private clinic. She was then asked to undergo fresh tests.

When the woman came to know that she has been diagnosed 'Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive' by the private clinic, she went into a coma.

She was then shifted to Indira Gandhi Medical College & Hospital (IGMC) where she later died. The report of the fresh test conducted at the govt hospital stated that she wasn't Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) positive.

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