Chinese boy infected with HIV after blood transfusion wins compensation battle ... but his parents want more
Parents of youngster to appeal as they argue 400,000 yuan award not enough, newspaper reports
A court has ruled that a nine-year-old boy from central China who was infected with HIV from a hospital blood transfusion is to be awarded 400,000 yuan (HK$458,000) in compensation.
The boy will receive the cash from five medical institutions, including three hospitals, the Beijing Times reported.
The boy’s parents, however, filed an appeal on Tuesday as they had hoped to get 1.1 million yuan in compensation, the newspaper said.
The boy was taken to the Municipal People’s Hospital in Zhangjiajie in Hunan province in January two years ago after he was hit by a tractor and later received a blood transfusion.
He was then taken to other two hospitals in Hunan and Shanghai by his mother, who stopped work to take care of him.