The National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei has been censured for the gaffe it committed by erroneously transplanting organs of a HIV infected person in five patients. The heart, liver, lungs and two kidneys of the donor have been transplanted in those patients.

The hospital authorities have notified that the error was a resultant of miscommunication, as the staff member wrongly thought that the HIV results of the donor were out as "nonreactive".

Health Department Minister Chiu Wen-ta stated that special care groups will be assigned the duty to look after the victims of this error and their families. This special group will include volunteers, medical experts, mental health advisors and social workers.

Wen-ta said, "We will give priority to the transplant patients while also offering counseling and concern to members of the transplant teams".

Now, the affected patients have been kept under close observation and have been receiving treatment with anti-Aids drugs.

The hospital has been facing immense criticism for this huge mistake, as it may lead to horrifying effects on the five patients and their families. The hospital team had remained dependent only on the telephonic conversation and the miscommunication of the HIV tests have left those patients on a very high risk of AIDS.