For over 30 years the victims of the NHS contaminated blood scandal have been waiting to discover how it could have happened. It seems that they may soon be given an opportunity to find out.
As revealed in The Times, the government has stated its intention to set up a formal inquiry into the use of contaminated blood in the NHS in the 1970s and 1980s which led to the deaths of over 2,000 people.
In an attempt to ease the lives of people suffering with haemophilia, the NHS began to administer an American product called Factor VIII in the late 1970s. Haemophilia is a condition where an individual’s blood-clotting ability is reduced, causing on-going problems. It was believed that Factor VIII would assist the blood-clotting process.
Sadly, it was subsequently discovered that much of the blood used to create this product had already been infected with Hepatitis C and HIV. Over 4,000 people in the UK were treated with Factor VIII.
It is hoped that the inquiry will finally make clear where the fault lies for this appalling incident and the deaths which it caused.
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