The process to launch a public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 1980s moves a significant step forward this week.
After decades of campaigning by the families of the over 4000 people affected, the government finally announced last year that a public inquiry into the tragedy would be undertaken this year.
Nearly 3000 people have died since being given contaminated blood as part of their treatment for haemophilia in the 1970s and 1980s. Unbeknown to the patients, who believed they were being given a treatment which would improve the quality of their lives, the government had started buying blood products – Factor VIII – from American drug companies. Some of the blood supplied was sourced from prisoners, many of whom were infected with Hepatitis and AIDS.
According to the BBC, Sir Brian Langstaff, a high court judge, has been appointed as chairman of the public inquiry which will investigate the events of the tragedy. He is due to take up his post this week.
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