Syphilis — Botswana
In a horrible mix-up in Botswana, local media reports 3 units of blood that were sent to Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone city were positive for syphilis and later transfused to unknown/undisclosed patients.
The tainted blood was sent by The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) within the past couple weeks and the error was just recognized.
Based on the report, the blood bank says they recently acquired new equipment that missed and passed the infected blood. NBTS director,
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