India, Dec. 18 -- A 75-year-old woman suffering from cancer deteriorated after she was allegedly given the wrong blood group during a transfusion at the cancer wing of a government hospital in Rajasthan's Bikaner on Wednesday.

The patient, admitted to the Acharya Tulsi cancer wing of Prince Bijay Singh Memorial (PBM) Hospital, was undergoing a blood transfusion on Wednesday evening.

The superintendent of PBM Hospital, Dr Surendra Verma, said, "The patient, Bhanwari Devi, was admitted with severe anaemia and a unit of an incompatible blood group was allegedly transfused on Wednesday evening."

"Her haemoglobin level was at 4.4. Her health deteriorated immediately after the transfusion. However, she is stable now," Verma said.

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