Getty Images As many as 140,000 bereaved parents, children and siblings of infected blood scandal victims may claim compensation under new laws laid before Parliament. It is thought 30,000 people contracted HIV and hepatitis from contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 80s. The new laws will allow the relatives of those infected to claim … Read more
Lesley Clarke Richard Still’s cornea and kidneys were donated after he suffered a brain haemorrhage Families are increasingly turning down requests to donate a relative’s organs, sometimes because their loved one’s wishes were unknown. With the transplant waiting list at a 10-year high, the NHS is urging people to talk about what they would want. … Read more
Relatives of Kodi Suni, a convict in the T.P. Chandrasekharan murder case, alleged that he was beaten up in the high security prison in Viyyur. According to his relatives, jail workers attacked Suni, who was sleeping in his cell. Suni was admitted to Thrissur Medical College on Monday afternoon. The police have registered a case … Read more
Relatives are calling for wider compensation for those caught up in the infected blood scandal. Source link
England’s former Chief Medical Officer said “how sorry I am” to those who lost loved ones in the pandemic. In an emotional moment, Professor Dame Sally Davies told the Covid inquiry that “it wasn’t just the deaths, it was the way they died”. Ex-chief medical officer’s sorrow for Covid bereaved Source link
Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: V.V. Krishnan Following the Karnataka High Court ruling that the government cannot discriminate against adopted sons when it comes to compassionate appointments, some doctors in Karnataka are now asking whether the same yardstick can be applied in terms of organ donation too. Why cannot an adopted … Read more