India, April 6 -- A paramedical contractual staff was dismissed from duties, and five others were transferred following allegations of unauthorised blood tests conducted on approximately 15 infants at a government hospital in Rajasthan's Bikaner, officials said.

The incident came to light on Wednesday when a nursing officer, along with a helper and others, allegedly collected blood samples from infants without medical consent or prescriptions in the children section of the Prince Bijoy Singh Memorial (PBM) Hospital's Rathi Ward.

The samples were allegedly drawn while their mothers were asleep around midnight, with no standard precautions in place. Parents were reportedly misled into believing the tests were part of an emergency protocol...