Fake platelet scam busted in UP, say police, a day after dengue patient allegedly transfused with juice

A day after it was claimed that a dengue patient was transfused with fruit juice instead of platelets, Uttar Pradesh police busted a gang operating a fake platelet operation in Prayagraj.

Ten members of a gang allegedly selling fake platelets were arrested on 21 October 2022. Police said that the accused took plasma from various blood banks, put it in pouches, and sold it as platelets.

A day earlier, a private hospital in Prayagraj was sealed over allegations that a dengue patient died after being given juice transfusion instead of platelets. A link between the arrests and the case of the dengue patient's death is not clear yet.

Regarding the juice controversy, police said that it is still being ascertained whether the pouches contained sweet lime juice or something else.

The hospital's owner had said that the pouches were brought by the patient's relatives from another hospital, and treatment was stopped after he developed a reaction to the transfusion.

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