( 1 ) THIS is a Writ Petition taken up on the basis of a letter written by one Smt. Masaraboina Vijaya wife of Ailaiah, a resident of Indiranagar, Regional Hospital Area, Godavarikhani, Karimnagar District, addressed to the Hon ble Chief Justice of this Court alleging that she was infected with dreadful disease of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) on account of the negligence on the part of the authorities of Maternity and Family Welfare Hospital, Godavrikhani, a hospital under the control of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. (SCCL), in conducting relevant precautionary blood tests before transfusion of blood of her brother (donor) into her body when she was operated for hysterectomy (Chronic Cervicitis) on 30-1-1998 at the hospital. She prays for an enquiry into matter and to take action against those responsible for causing the infectious disease and for a direction to the SCCL to provide sufficient financial assistance.

( 2 ) THE matter has been referred to a larger bench having regard to the importance and magnitude of the problem, the inhabitants of the State had been facing with. When the matter came up for admission on 11-7-2001, we directed the Registry to issue a

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