Tuesday 25 February 2020

Guilt and anger surface as infected blood inquiry hears evidence

Guilt and anger surface as infected blood inquiry hears evidence Some victims’ diagnosis of HIV and hepatitis C was withheld from them for years, hearing told

The guilt of infected blood donors and the anger of victims whose diagnosis of HIV and hepatitis C was withheld from them for years has emerged as evidence given in secret was read out to a public hearing in London.

On Monday witnesses who did not want to appear in person had their testimony delivered by intermediaries who interviewed them for the infected blood inquiry. It is examining how as many as 30,000 people became severely ill after being given contaminated blood products by the NHS in the 1970s and 80s; many have since died.

The infected blood inquiry will investigate how thousands of people with the blood-clotting disorder haemophilia were given blood products by the NHS which were contaminated with the HIV virus and hepatitis C. The Guardian

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