Infected blood scandal: Mum’s guilt over son’s HIV death
Martin White died at the age of 33 after being given blood products contaminated with HIV. Source link
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Infected blood scandal: Surge in hepatitis C tests
There has been a surge in demand for hepatitis C tests since the BBC revealed that hundreds of people in the UK were unknowingly infected with the virus, the Hepatitis C Trust says. Up to 27,000 people caught it when they were given transfusions with infected blood from the 1970s until 1991. According to BBC … Read more
I lost my mum, dad and baby sister to HIV in infected blood scandal
In May 1983, Dr Spence Galbraith, the director of the UK’s Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, wrote to Dr Ian Field, the senior principal medical officer at the Department of Health, urging that all US blood products should be withdrawn from use until the risk of Aids was “clarified”. Source link
Infected blood still used in UK after virus screening began
Giving evidence, blood expert Professor Marcela Contreras told the inquiry that in some parts of the country there was blood in the system which had not been tested for viruses, including HIV, until as late as October 1995. Some rare blood groups “could be frozen for 10 years”, she added. Source link
Infected blood: Hundreds of victims living with undetected hepatitis C
About 1,750 people are unaware they caught hepatitis C from infected blood, BBC analysis reveals. Source link
Mum never got over injecting son with infected blood
Kate McDougall gave her son injections to treat his haemophilia which unknowingly led to his HIV infection. Source link
Ministers accept three-month deadline for infected blood scheme
A final compensation scheme could be running by the year’s end after ministers agree to a Labour-led demand. Source link
How ‘vampire facials’ infected three women with HIV
The infections, made public by the CDC, raised questions about the safety of cosmetic treatments. Source link
Campaigner says Post Office scandal helped infected blood fight
Campaigner Andy Evans said it has raised awareness of those given infected blood products. Source link
Infected blood scandal: Children were used as ‘guinea pigs’ in clinical trials
They were given infected blood products in trials without their knowledge, the BBC has found. Source link